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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

The officer leaned forward, His
mind was at work His memory trav.
eled back over some thirteen years,
He nodded
"Ilington." he repeated "A child
"a baby girl ! remember now"
That baby girl, senor, boarded the
ship-they took her out OF all her
party-her and her native woman serv-
ant"
The officer slapped his thigh u re
member now he said, Il remember
all about IT, Let me see. II was com.
mon talk aboard the Eaglet This
child came aboard with the wife Of
the Princess captain She had two
boys with her and this little girl
don't remember the girl, but she was
young, say FIVE years old. The cap
tain's boy / remember well-he slept
In my hammock the first night he
came aboard ! remember him But
there was something about the girl
wait, have H. A bag OF gold-Span-
ish pieces most Of them, | think-or
maybe French. A bag OF gold-and
something else. Some note or pack.
age-some mystery al any rate, as l
recall"
Hernandez knocked the ashes from
his panotela. you don't say so, sen
or" he replied, with show of inter
est "A bag Of gold and a mystery
knew nothing. Of all that wonder
what has become Of Ilington. BY the
way, senor, what became OF the sur.
Vivors Of the Princess?"
The officer nodded, I'VE landed
them at Brooklyn navy yard They
were people from the North, New
York or thereabouts. Curious about
this little girl / had almost forgot
all about her will have to look her
up somehow some day and see what
her history is and what the mystery
was"
Hernandez shrugged his shoulders.
Like looking for a needle in hay
stack, officer" he suggested.
"Oh, no. said the officer, they've
got the record in tie Brooklyn navy
yard. can easily find out" He rose
and held out his hand. Sorry to
trouble you, Mr. Hernandez. Duty is
duty and the government is no re-
spector of persons"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
1coP5TGal, 1910, ~ wllliaal namiiloa o75olaSi

Hernandez just then appeared on
the veranda bearing with him a large
wicker dress-suit case.
Hernandez, slowly smoking a pana
tola scanned the horizon Suddenly
his eyes narrowed. lie strobe swiftly
into the living room and as swiftly
back again and in his hands he bore
pair of up.to-date binoculars. He
held them TO his eyes and carefully
adjusted housekeeping them trained
upon a speck, a mere speck. that had
appeared upon the surface OF the sea.
With a bound he was of, circlng
the bungalow in the opposite direction
from that which Ponto and his ill-as-
sorted team had taken, He met him
half way.
"Ponto," ne exclaimed I'VE shall
have visitors Unhiteh the brute. Get
pickaxcs-get spades"
Hernandez led the way to the fore
ground between the veranda end Of
the bungalow and the shore He
pointed to well-plowed strip Of
ground.
There" he cried, "at that spot. Dig
dig like the very devil"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

design brushed violently against A.
nette and knocked her down.
Neal raised her 10 her feet and then
beside himself with anger dashed after
this reckless Individual up the road.
Look, look" cried Annette, "wha'
is this thing coming herer'
This thing, as Annette called H.
came on by leaps and bounds, with
hands that wildly waved about its
body and above It's head as Il sped
along, II was figure, gigantic, fear
ful. Welcher shuddered
The huge creature stopped short In
his tracks and stared at Annette
stupefied and fascinated
The sharp crack OF revolver shots
brought him TO himself He looked
behind him. Annette following his
gaze saw figures rushing up the road
way The brute leaped up and with a
huge bound rushed up the road and
disappeared.
An officer followed by a handful Of
sailors from the launch followed the
brute up the road
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
CHAPTER K.
A General jail Delivery.

Meantime Neal incensed at the as
sault, either intended or accidental,
upon Annette, was following his man
across country Hernandez was lean
and agile and he kent well in the lead.
At the railroad. obeying some sudden
impulse, he turned and swung on down
the tracks Here he was at a disad-
vantage. Neal was accustomed TO leap
ing railroad ties, two at a leap.
BY this time. however, they had
reached the bridge-a bridge over the
inlet to the north Of the town Her
nandez darted out upon It with Neal
Immediately behind him, but just as
Neal was about to clutch him from
behind. Hernandez twitched aside and
leaped to the waters OF the inlet far
beneath
Neal followed suit. Both men swan
to shore and Hernandez, realizing for
the first time that he was followed by
one man and not two, now changed his
tactics. He stood upon the shore and
waited until Neal came up, Then
with a sudden rush he darted forward
and planted a murderous blow in the
direction Of Meals chin.
When the blow was delivered Meals
chin was not there, nor was Neal. but
he was not far away. He ducked and
countered with his left, striking Her
nandez full upon the throat
At that instant something small and
dark and fat leaped out of the dark
ness, drew a pcaiard, and before Neal
could even turn, had cut a gash-a
deep gash-in Meals shoulder
This new assailant was Ponto.
And then all three heard a sound
upon the bridge. All three looked up.
There in the moonlight, running full
tilt toward them, was a squad Of uni
formed men.
Ponto and Hernandez took to their
heels and ran, but Neal in that instant
leaped upon them from behind,
clutched each man with one hand.
Come on, boys" he yelled, painting,
I've got them Come"
Meantime Mrs. Hardin had succeed
ed in getting Annette back into the
cottage. Annette had been somewhat
injured by the violence of her fall,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

then be threw back an opening a
trap door in the floor beneath. Inez
watched him until ne disappeared
into this wide hole. Then she glidsd
out to the veranda. She poured out a
tiny drink and tossed it off. She lit
cigarette.
Nefore her lay a partially plowed
field. She heard the jingle of an OK
chain She heard a quavering voice
and then suddenly from the rear of
the bungalow strange trio entered
the arena Of events.
Ponto, fat little Mexican who
boasted ever OF his Aztec blood -
crawled behind a primitive and inef-
Gective plow.
And the team! A strangely as
sorted team was this. On the right
with its head thrust through wooden
yoke, was an OK. On the left hand
side, also with his head thrust through
a wooden yoke and with his brawny
shoulders tugging, ever tugging, at the
plow, there was hitched-a man.
Ponto, cursing, raised his whip and
brought down his lash time after time
with strict impartiality upon the shoul-
ders of the OK and upon the bare back
Of the man.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
ViIna's NapoIeonic Veteran.

In Wilma, which is temporarily in
the possession OF Germany, lives Pc.
ter Laptietf. one of Europes old
men. for be was born in the year
l7S9, says the London Chronicle.
When Napoleon invaded Russia, and
got as far as Dvinsk. he was in need
OF guide But the inhabitants had
fed, Laptief family hiding in the
recesses Of forest. But curiosity
drew him. and he mid in a tree TO
watch the invaders. He was seen.
captured and taken before the EN-
peror, who ordered him to act as
guide to the vanguard OF the army.
This he did for 36 hours, and then es-
capped. He fought against both of nis
euuntrys present allies, against the
French at Borodino and against the
English in the Crimea. Tired OF max
ing history, he took to making bricks.
but now lives in retirement with his
sUn and grandson
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
SECoSC INSTALLMENT
THE YELLOW PACKET
CHAPTER vi.
The Whlplash.


Hernandez stepped out upon the
porch OF the low.roofed bungalow. He
moved with lazy strides. He was pros
porous apparently, this Portuguese,
Hernandez Here was no evidence OF
Rdvorsity nor of hard luck. Years be
fcre he had escaped from the eruption
ot Mount Pelee in Martinique.
Now it was the year 1915. It was
January of that year. He was located
may, comfortably established-on his
own plantation in the southern waters
For months or years-who knows?-
he had lived life of ease upon this
island just off tho coast of Porto Rico.
Hernandez strode to the table and
tapped bell.
"Inez," he cried sharply. bring me
drink" He was a Portuguese, this
Hernandez, tall. slender, dark. The
expression on his face was sinister
and across his face was an old-time
scar planted by saber stroke.
Within woman had been humming
-humming little snatches of familiar
Spanish songs At his command the
humming ceased. There was an ex-
clamation of rage-oi feminine RAGE.
inez Castro stepped out upon the YER
anda.
Il am no servant" she exclaimed
Angrily, ito be summoned by bell"
Drink" said Hernandez sharply,
give me drink"
She poured it out for him and hand
ed him tho glass. May | hope it
ehokes you" she exclaimed, stamping
her foot.
Stop your snarling there, you Span
lsh cat" exclaimed Hernandez, "and
listen to mo. | have an order from
Porto Rico that | must fill-and fill
tonight"
Inez was all attention in a moment.
How much do they want?" she
asked
Fifty pounds Of gum opium" said
her lord and master, "and twenty
pounds of flake cocaine"
He strobe into the bungalow and
approached a rude fireplace at the
farther end of the apartment. He
stopped and threw back the corner IF
a many-colored rug that partially con
cealed the tiles. The tiles were loose
ly set. He removed dozen of them
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
CHAPTER VIII.
The EIaeh Flare.

Neal Hardin Of the United States
life-saving service at Seaport, N. j.,
swung down the narrow lane toward
the beach. Before he reached the in
! tervening railroad tracks a train
pulled ina shore train from New
York. It's last two cars blocked Meals
progress toward the beach-and he
was forced to wait until the train
pulled out again Meantime while the
train was stationary, a single passen-
ger alighted--a smartly dressed young
woman.
She stopped, once she had alighted
and glanced about her in uncertain
ty She caught sight Of Neal and
started toward him.
IF you don't mind" said the young
woman, in dulcet tones--and with just
the trace of foreign accent in her
voice-"if you do not mind, should
like to find the post office-if you
have one here"
Neal nodded. 81 20 past there" an
swered Neal, I'll take you to it.
Come with me"
Neal liked her-but she didn't ring
true.
"This is the post Office" he ex-
claimed at length.
Nea; passed on toward the beach.
He uad not gone far when he heard a
woman's scream. He looked back. In
front Of the post Office a crumpled
heap turned out to be the pretty wom-
an.
81 slipped-I Notwithstanding"
she exclaimed, "and, oh-the pain-the
pain"
"Where?" queried the postmaster.
"My foot, my ankle" returned the
young lady; ut is bad-bad."
She fell back, half fainting, in Meals
arms The postmaster nodded to Neal.
"She was going to your mothers,
Neal" he said
my mothers" gasped Neal, does
does she know my mother?"
The postmaster shook his head.
"She wanted quiet place-not
boarding house, nor nothing of the
kinda quiet place for her and her
old father. I gave her your mothers
name l didn't know. I thought may
be your mother might take 'em in"
Neal clutched her in his strong arms
and staggered to his feet.
"Tll take you to my mothers" he
said aloud; that's where you were
bound-I'm Mrs. Hardin's SON"
Meals mother Mrs. Captain Hardin,
had spent good part of the last hour
in the attic of her cozy little house.
She was delving into the depths of an
old leather trunk-and that meant
that she was delving into the past.
At the very bottom OF the trunk
where she had placed them years ago,
was a newspaper package, carefully
tied up. She opened it and spread its
contents on the lid OF the trunk. They
consisted of the clothing-all the
clothing-of little girl--the dress
and the linen articles had turned
slightly yellow-even the thirteen
years had left their mark upon them.
But this was not all-there was a
bag Of gold-the bag of gold that the
little girl had brought aboard the Prin-
cess during that day of terror back at
Martinique. And pinned to the tiny
dress was still the note-hastily PEN
ciled by an unknown hand:
| am Annette llington, helress Of
the lost isle Of cinnabar. will be
very rich some day Save my clothes
and the oilskin packet until my father
comes for me, or until am eighteen.
| must look out for man with saber
cut upon his face. For Gods sake,
keep me safe.
She was startled by Annettes cry
from below. Hastily she slowed away
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

itG ~ GNG "AU hElGaoG9
and Ponto From Prison.
but it was not that shock that af-
fected her the most
1T was that big wild man" she kept
exclaiming, with terror shining from
her eyes. ut was his face-his face"
She looked up suddenly Ills face"
she kept repeating. Where have
seen his face before"
There was tramp of feet without
and in another instant naval officer
in uniform appeared in the doorway
removed his cap and entered.
Neal, pale-faced, but with flashing
eyes, stalked in at his side. Annette
uttered a cry Of dismay Meals white
shirt was drenchod with blood.
Ten minutes later Hernandez and
Ponto were safely under lock and key
the only prisoners in the town iail
Three hours later, just as the moon
went down, a huge figure cautiously
crept up toward the barred window of
the Jail. 1t lifted its hands high above
its head, grasped the bars and drew
itself up until it could peer within.
Break, brute" Hernandez com.
manded softly. Tear them up by the
roots. Get us out of this"
Five minutes later these three ill
assorted figures crept noiselessly,
stealthily into the shadows of the
night and disappeared.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

esting experiments. An ordinary
needle plays very well, but very quiet
ly, as it's length loses the vibrations.
A thorn carefully put in the holder
plays a very nice soft tune, but soon
wears down Even an ordinary wood.
en- match, cut to a point, viii play for
a short time.
A very remarkable effect can be OBJ
tanned by manufacturing a double pin.
Cut the heads off two ordinary pins
and carefully adjust them in the hold,
er so that they run parallel to each
other. but in different grooves OF the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
ITO BE CoNT1NUED)

record. The effect is as if two bands
were playing simultaneously the same
tune, only one band is a few bars
ahead of the other. Although the
tunes are separate and quite distinct,
yet there is that delightfully."- confusing
"olash." Another very interesting
little experiment is to detach the
sound-box from the horn arm and to
hold it instead in the hand. A record
can be played quite easily in this man,
ner, the only requisite being steady
hand and a sporting disregard Of
scratchea
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

the opposite direction to what is
usual. Start tho pin near the center
of the disk, turning slightly with the
finger. 1t will not injure the ma.
chinery of the gramophone, but it is
advisable not to experiment with a
favorite record, at least to start with,
as one is liable to get very bad, deep
scratch right across the plate. The
effect, to quote the words Of one who
has tried the experiment 'is pathetic
and beautiful, something like cats at
night"
A highly comical effect can be OBJ
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
CUTICURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Fresh and Clear, Soft and
VeIvety Try One.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Thus
these supercreamy emollients promote
and maintain the natural purity and
beauty of the skin, scalp, hair and
hands under conditions which if neg.
lected might disfigure them.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept ky,
Boston, Sold everywhere .--Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

Gil into the hole of the disk so that it
can be set spinning on the point like
child's teetotum. Fold a piece of pa
per- which should be thin and crisp,
and hold the sharp point of the paper
in the groove Of the record very light
ly, so as not to disturb the equilibrium
of the spinning disk. The record will
be distinctly played, only very family
of course. as you are substituting a
somewhat primitive producer" in
stead Of the patent sound-box
Different articles placed in the hold
er instead of the pin also make inter
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
SYNOPSIS.

on the day OF the eruption OF Mount
pelee Capt John Hardin OF the steamer
Princess rescues three-year-old Annette
lllngton from an open boat, but is forced
10 leave behind her father and his COM
panions, Ilington Is assaulted by Her
nandez and Ponto In vain attempt TO
get papers which Ilington has managed
10 send aboard the Princess with his
daughter, papers proving his title TO the
lost island Of CinnabaT Illngtons injury
causes his min to become "A blank
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

tanned by twisting the "time-button"
sharply up and down at every note a
sentimental love duet is running.
When the lady sings high, run it up
to a perfect shrek, and then when the
loving bass comes in. run him down
into the wine cellar
The neatest thing in gramophone
tricks is to offer a bet to any member
of the company that you can play a
record without the machine. Take a
lead pencil and piece of note paper
and explain that that is all you are
going to use Then fix the lead PEN
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
DONE WITH THE GRAMoPHoNE
Series Of Simple "Trleks" That May
Easily Be Utilized to Cause
Amusement.

Have you ever had the experience Of
lhearinR backward? Such an idea
Eeeme impossible, but it is quite a
Ample trick on the gramophone IL
prely consists Of twisting the sound
into perpendicular position, or
n with a slight slope backwards,
eT that the ASK may run in
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
Welcome Chanae.

You look very smiling this morn
ing, Binks," said Harkaway,
Il guess | ought to be | went to a
fortune teller last night and she
prophesied immediate financial re-
verses" chortled Binks.
Il fail to see anything very joy
Gus in that" said Harkaway
You would, if you knew anything
about my finances" said Binks. Il
tell you right now that if they don't
reverse pretty dinged quick I'll be
busted
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

Fresh supply Mrs. Austin's Bag Buck
wheat now on hand at your grocers.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

Incidence to the mind is as rust to
ron
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12
THE CHARM
OF MOTHERHOOD
Enhanced By Perfect Physi
cal Health.

The experience Of Motherhood Is a try.
ing one 20 most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not ons
woman in a hundred is prepared or un-
derstands how TO properly care for her
self, OF course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial of strength, and when IL is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard TO recover. Following
right upon this comes the nervous strain
C caring for the child, and a distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health Or
beauty The unexplainhble thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
ar unprepared condition, and with am
pie time in which 10 prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial
Every woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, a most valuable tonic and
invigorator Of the female organism.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

In m any homes
once childless there
are now children be-
cause Of the fact
that Lydia T., Pink
ham $ V egetable
Compound makes s
WON en- norm al,
healthy and strong.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-12

II yoH want special advice write TO
Lydia L. Plnkham Medicine Co. (cOnR.
deRtiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be Opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict condolences
Middletown transcript., 1915-12-04
HINTS ON DUCKS AND GEESE
Fowls Should Be Kept Away From
chickens-Furnish Supply Of AMI
NAL Food-AVold Dampness.

Ducks and geese should always be
kept away from the chickens. If al
lowed in the same yards, the ducks
and geese would so befoul the drink
ing water that the health of the chick
ems would always be in constant dan
ger.
Ducks and geese should never be
picked after the cool days of fall
come. To grow rapidly the ration for
ducks should include a liberal guam
tity of animal food AS long as the
range is good, geese require little, If
any feeding. But when the vegeta-
tion on the range is killed, they should
be fed literally twice day. A good
mash for geese. is composed of two
parts bran, one part each of middlings
and cornmeal and four parts chopped
vegetables, cut clover or alfalfa. Whole
grain should be fed very sparingly.
Ducks and geese are subject to but
one serious disease - rheumatism,
caused by sleeping in damp quarters.
They can stand any degree of damp
ness during the day, when they are ex-
ercising, but at night they should be
kept comfortable and dry. The sleep
ing room should be kept bedded with
clean, dry straw.
Middletown transcript., 1915-12-04
BEST RATIoNS FOR CHICKENS
Whole Grain is Entirely Too Fatten-
ing and Liable to Cause Some
Kind Of Digestive Trouble.

Most farmers feed too much whole
grain to their chickens; many feeding
nothing but grain. The feeding of a
ration composed entirely of whole
grain throws an undue strain upon the
organs of the hens, which is likely to
cause digestive troubles. Besides,
whole grain is entirely too fattening
and hens receiving such ration are
never thoroughly nourished, nor do
they preceive the egg-making elements
In the proportion to induce a good egg
yield.
In feeding poultry best results are
obtained by feeding one-half the food
ground. The by-products of mills are
usually richer in egg-making elements
than the grains from which they are
made. Thus, wheat bran is much rich
er in protein, the egg-making element,
than whole wheat, and it is much
cheaper. The same can be said of mid
dlings.
The ground ration should be bulky
in character, that is it should occupy
a rather large bulk in proportion to its
weight. A mash that has given good
results is composed Of two parts bran,
one part each Of cornmeal, middlings,
cut clover, beef scrap and ground oats
with hulls sifted out). This mash can
be fed dry in self-feeding hoppers. or
as a wet mash. If skim milk or but.
termilk is to be had in mixing the
wet mash, the proportion of beef scrap
can be reduced one-half.
Middletown transcript., 1915-12-04
BLACK MATERIALS IN VOGUE
Really Unlimited Possibilities in the
Color, if It Is Effectively and
Carefully Employed.

Black is to enjoy marked measure
ment has been made by style creators.
in fashion periodicals, in the daily
press. And most women have adopted
it as a statement of fact. but have
doubted that black could be effec-
lively used for really dressy cos
tunes. Somehow its past record as a
staple" has initiated against its con-
sideration as anything else A sur
vey of some of the afternoon and eve
ming models fashioned from black ma
terials will dispel any such idea. Black
has unlimited possibilities.
The secret of its use-successful
use-depends upon the material em
ployed and the modelling Of the gar
ment.
The dressy black costume must be
more dressy, more elaborate in mod
cling, than the costume fashioned
from colored fabric. Translated int
evening frocks, black materials re
quire the use Of frills and furbelow'
in order to counteract the absence O
color Lace and nets must be used il
profusion. Satin must be employed
because its surface reflects light. Je
and sequin trimming are utilized fo
the same reason. Even black featt
ers-black paradise-have a place 1
the development scheme of the blac
evening gown.