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glously Il would as soon suspect my
uear clayton here, or Mr.. Phlander."
me Frenchmen smiled, both officers
ana sailors 1t was plain to see that a
burden had been lifted from their minds
Ihe treasure has been gone come
time' continued Clayton. In fact. the
body fell apart as we lifted It, which in
dlcates that whoever removed the treas
ure did so while the corpse was still
fresh for It was intact when we first
uncovered IT,"
Ihere must have been several in the
party said Jane Porter, who had Joined
them. You remember that It took four
men to carry It,"
by iovew cried Clayton. That's
right. 1t must have been done nv a
party OF blacks. Probably one of them
saw the men bury the chest and then
returned Immediately after with a party
OF MS friends and carried 1t or"
Speculation is futile" said Professor
Porter sadly. The chest is gone. We
shaiI never see 1t more, nor the treasure
that was In it,"
Only Jane Porter knew what the loss
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meant to her father, and none there knew
what Il meant to her.
Six days later Captain Dufranna an
nounced that they would sail early on the
morrow.
Jane Porter would have begged for
further reprieve had Il not been that she,
too, had begun to believe that her forest
lover would return no more.
IN spite Of herself she began to enter
tain doubts and fears The reasonable
ness Of the arguments Of these disinter-
ested French officers commenced to con-
vince her against her will.
That he was a cannibal she would not
believe, but that he was an adopted
member OF some savage tribe at length
seemed possible to her.
She would not admit that he could be
dead. II was impossible to believe that
that perfect body, so filled with triumph
ant life, could ever cease to harbor the
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ton on finding no chest beneath ,ho 49,,
~ lne murdered snipes were too real
end and then our spades showed us that
cornsa o,.rs,n'Rs s had been buried beneath the
SSolPse' for hole had been tbers ana ~
i'ag a. oeen filled with loose earth,
peated Professor Porter
r.9 suspicion might naturally fall on the
Cberooa, tne cruiser said Lieutenant
Iia.sil Ta,ai pehter, but for the fact that sur
lieutenant Janvlers here assures r,. ~.
bos ,o 'pen hs have had shore leave-tbat nons @
eycert 81 ~. on shore since we anchored here
',Sgps ~ under command Of an of1oer
rso. o uo not know that you would aus
now ~ nl .lleil' put am glad that there is
them'" he concluded. ~ ia'i on
e. !. would never have occurred n ma
70 suspect the men to whom we oro. 'le ne
'''u'''' replied Professor Porter ere
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offered up prayer for the safety OF her
primevsl man, and crushing his locket
to her lips. she murmured.
Il love you, and because I love you
believe in you. But II aid not believe
still should I love May God have pity
on my soul that should acknowledge f.
Had you come back for me. and there
had been no other way. I would have
gone into the jungle with you--forever."
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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Seek to Obtain DR.. Richmond's Triers

seek TO Obtain Ur. RichmOnd's Triers
An effort win be made to complete the
list Of triers of the Rev. George Chalmers
Richmond, rector Of ST. Johns Episcopal
Church at a meeting Of Episcopal clergy
men which will be held at o'clock this
afternoon at 721 Walnut street, the Office
of Henry Budd, chancellor of the diocese.
Three clergymen Of the necessary five
have been chosen, but they are open to
challnge by either side. II is possible the
panel will be exhausted before the trier
list is complete
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Possible Mayoralty Candidate Wants
Republicans to Vote SoIidly.
Party harmcny'' was urged av esn
gresham William s. ware and seestss
McNichoi at the banquet Of the Ysue
Mems Republican Club. Of the 18th wars
held in the Hotel Majestic last night Ths
two organization leaders made snraes
tions to line up" the workers for cha
approaching mayoralty campairn. ard
they made a popular plea by saving that
the 1000 Republican organization workers
who were thrown out Of their city ran
Jobs by Mayor BiankenburR. should be
restored to their former places.
Congressman Ware, who. again would
like 70 be the Republican candidate for
Mayor his friends believe, pointed ont
how Republican workers suffered through
the split In the ranks in the 1911 fight, ard
urged that the organization should nof
be torn apart by internal dissension. II
It is TO be successful next fall.
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more, get it. Only remove every
trace of the circle"
While I was scrubbing away for
dear life at the. fresh paint on our
roof Kennedy secured large can of
white paint and a brush and stealth
lily made his way to the rear of the
old warehouse across the street.
Kennedy found a shed from which
it was easy to get to the roof. There
he set to work, too, Immediately, paint
ing a large circle on the warehouse
which I was erasing.
We went home, and I, at least,
thought little more. about the matter
quite early the next morning, how
ever, we got around to the laboratory
again to prepare for the visit of
Lieutenant Waters in response to
Kennedy's cordial invitation to wit
ness the experiments with trodite.
Our speaking tube sounded finally,
and I answered it. 1t was Elaine,
Aunt Josephine and Lieutenant Wa
ters, who had all arrived at the same
time.
Most peculiar thing, Kennedy" re-
marked the lieutenant after the greet
ings were over. 1--WE had a robbery
at the fort last night-or rather, not
exactly at the fort, for that would be
impossible, but from. freight car in
the yards
what did they get?" asked Craig.
Some trodite-enough to blow up a
oF
arrows"
"Hm," considered Kennedy, gazing
involuntarily at the ceiling and think
ing doubtless of the white circle that
had been ON the roof.
"Listen!" cautioned Craig.
Outside we could hear a buzz, as
though gigantic cicada were predict
ing warm weather. It was a peculiar
sound, and Kennedy seemed to recog-
nize it instantly. He sprang to the
window and strained his eyes up at
the sky.
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.Look," he exclaimed, pointing.

"Look!" he exclaimed, pointing.
We crowded about the window
There was an aeroplane passing over
the city.
"Just watch that warehouse over
there"
We riveted our eyes on it. 1t was
an anxious moment.
Already, had we known it, Sing Lee
had quietly let himself into the loft
taken the glasses from the cupboard
and leveled them at us in the labora
tory.
Meanwhile, Sprague, of whom we
learned later, had started his aero
plane dying from his hangar in the
suburbs, and was now speeding over
the city. AS he passed he peered
down, looking eagerly for the target
the white circle.
With expert precision he let go the
bomb, and the deadly engine of de
struction swooped down.
Straight to it's mark it went.
The old warehouse across from US
rocked with the defamation. 1t seemed
as if the whole top Of it were blown
to pieces.
The bomb that had been meant to
destroy the laboratory had, by the
quick change Of the white circle, de-
stroyed the hangout and the emissary
of the Serpent!
Half an hour later, Long Sin was
nervously reporting to WI Fang in
the secret den in Chinatown.
"That white devil, Kennedy, has de.
feated us again, MASTER" he said dep
recatingly.
*'Again?" demanded WI, his face
livid with anger.
yes, master. He saw the circle
wiped it out-and painted new one
on the warehouse. The bomb fell on
that-and Sing was killed.
Someone shall pay for that" Kissed
WI.
Far uptown, on the East side,
Sprague led WI and Long Sin to a
little machine shop kept by a for
eigner, Anton Schmidt
What can do for you, gentlemen?''
asked Schmidt.
Il wish you'd show us your new
gyroscope stabilizer," asked Sprague.
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managed to sneak back of the shadow

managed to sneak back of the shadow
of the cars.
Between two of the cars sat de-
tective of the secret service smoking
and hating his job. The Chinaman
had passed the first line of defense.
He now managed to sneak up behind
the second. He raised a. Chinese club
and brought it down ON the head of
the unsuspecting detective, knocking
him out.
The sentry paced by on the other
side of the train. Quickly, after he
had passed, the Chinaman went
through the detectives pockets until
finally he found a bunch Of keys. He
detached one from the ring, still keep
ing in the shadow as the sentry paced
up and down, looked stealthily about
until he saw a chance, then unlocked
the door of the car and entered, clos
ing it safely.
A few minutes later, laden with as
much of the trodite as he could well
carry and a bundle of heavy aero ar
rows he stole away as silently as he
had come.
1t was we'll after midnight when
Kennedy and I were preparing to
leave the laboratory. I was just about
to switch off the lights when Kennedy
raised his hand to stop me.
The far-away look on his face told
me that he had heard a peculiar noise.
He looked quickly at the ceiling.
Listen, Walter" he continued.
I did. There was a noise above us
on the roof, apparently as though
someone had slid off.
Craig switched out the light himself
and went quickly over to the table
where he had left the periscope.
Carefully putting it together again, he
tiptoed over to the window, put the
periscope out and slowly raised it to
the roof.
We gazed through the eyepiece. A
large white circle had been painted on
our roof.
What does it mean?" queried.
Kennedy was in a brown study.
Suddenly he clapped his hands.
II think I have it, he exclaimed.
walter, take this turpentine. Go up
and scrub the circle out. If you need
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Schmidt proudly led them to cor
ner. In an aluminium case was a pc
culiar little fly wheel set on gimbals
SO that it could rotate in any plane.
The inventor started it revolving.
"Press down on it, suggested
Schmidt.
WI did so. The uncanny little
wheel seemed actually to resent being
forced to move out Of the plane in
which it had been started rotating.
"You know" explained Schmidt to
WI, that when the gyroscope is start
ed rotating in one plane, it tends al
ways to keep in that plane"
with that steadying my airship,'
put in Sprague, there will be no
chance for a mistake the next time.
We can aim perfectly"
"Ill buy it, then" agreed WI, quick
ly producing the money.
=
After the explosion in the ware
house, Kennedy thoroughly alarmed
for the safety of Elaine, had ordered
me to accompany her on another visit
to her cousin, Mary Brown, at their
estate, Rockledge, near Lakewood,
while he stayed in the city to help
Lieutenant Waters trace down the rob-
berry at the fort, if possible
Elaine was easily reconciled to the
Punishment now that the weather was
fine, and decided to do little sketch
ing in the country. She had loaded
me down with the pleasant burden of
her painting kit-sketch box, folding
easel, camp chair and a large and
gaudy sun umbrella. Jennings fol-
| lowed us to the car with the luggage.
AS We entered the car we were all
too happy at the idea of a holiday to
notice that down the street was an
other young Chfnaman of the same
tong as Sing Lee.
We had all seated ourselves and
Jennings had gone back into the house
when Sam skulked around back of the
car and, serpentlike, as was his mas
ter, WI, wriggled over, crouching
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SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystif1ed by g.
series of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal is the
warning letter which is sent the victims,
signed with a "clutching hand The
is Taylor Dodge, the insurance president.
His daughter, Elaine. employs Craig
Kennedy. the famous scientific detective,
to try to unravel the mystery. What
Kennedy accomplishes is told by his
friend, Jameson. a newspaper man. At
ter many fruitless attempts to put Elaine
Clutching Hand is at last found to be
none other than Perry Bennett, Elaine's
lawyer and the man she is engaged to
marry. Bennett fees to the den of one
of his Chinese criminals. The Chinaman
forces from Bennett the secret of the
the lawyer a potion which will suspend
animation for months. Kennedy reaches
Benefits side just after he has lost con-
9CiOusnesS
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10

The building Of Zeppelin Is not the
work OF a day. The mere work on the
vessel takes an entire year. and when
that work Is done another three months
must be spent IN testing. Stretched
on q framework Of girders there are
from seventeen TO twenty-five balloon
cites from end to end Over these and
over the girders Is an outer skin OF
proofed canvas. Slung under the great
length is a series Of cabins.
Right In front is the station Of the
lookout man. who Is In charge Of the
starting and the landing he has an
eh0rs slung beneath him. In the inst
boat. which IS entirely covered IN. are
two petrol engines. Behind this boat
Is the gangway. fitted up with sleeping
berths for the crew. In the center Is
the observation statjon- II Is from
here that the bombs are dropped, and
It Is In here that the marvellous steer
ing and sighting apparatus Is installed,
as wei as the wireless pianist
Louis Republic
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10

Though the western part Of Vermont
includes the most extensive marble IN
dustry In this country, the eastern part
Is a virgin field, where, In the hack Of
q general study Of the strattgraphy,
the structure, the paleontology and the
areal geology, it Is at present not only
impossible to determine the area and
position Of many Of the beds, but also
even the thickness Of some OF the mar
bic formations, which are but partly
exposed The marbles Of eastern Yer
mont, many Of which are dolomitic,
vary widely IN kind and character, and
the 0utrops, though few IN number,
are scattered from the Massachusetts,
line 70 the Canadian boundary. Many
Of the marbles are suited only for In
door ornamental use. The greater part
Of the Lodges are to be classed as min
eral reserves. which VIII be drawn on
In the future
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10

People without intellectual life are
virtually under condemnation to hard
labor. Unless their thoughts can give
them wholesome occupation they must
ind It for their hands. Otherwise they
cannot i've wei and must expect de
teriorafion- But. unluck1ly for lazy
people, the achievement OF good
grade Of intellectual life involves about
as much work as anything else. Life
without effort seems not 30 have been
tntsnded- The original plan was 70
have It end by starvation and, though
people nowadays get around that, they
cannot altogether defeat the original
intent3on.-Life.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10
Eirdino Hia 1rida.

In one part Of the canton Of Ticino,
IN Switzerland, a very quaint mar
Rage ceremony prevails. The bride
groom dresses IN his SUNDAY best
and, accompanied By as many friends
and relatives as be can muster for the
fete, goes 20 claim his bride. Finding
the door locked, be demands admit
tance. The inmates ask him bis busi-
ness, and IN reply be solicits the hand
Of his chosen maiden. II his answer
be deemed satisfactory be Is sOcces-
stvely introduced 70 a number o. ma
irons and maids. some perhaps de
formed and others Old and ugfy. Then
he Is presented to some large dolls, all
Of which be rejects with scorn, amid
general me1fment The bevildered
bridegroom. whose impetpostty and
temper are now soreiy tried. Is then
Informed that his ladyIoye Is absent
and Is invited IN to see for himself.
he PUSHES into the house and searches
nom room TO room until be finds her
in her bridal dress ready 70 80 20
church Then are his troubles over
and his state as a benedict assured
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10
III1r5l 1Saaalesh NIX.


During the early period % the work
On the Panama canal many persons
were injured By jumping en- and %
trains IN motion on the Panama rail-
rad. There were on the some police
force many West Indians who were
trained and capable men. but incurabiy
litetal An order was issued TO the
force 10 arrest any person found jump
inz on or OF train IN motion, and the
next day two West Indian policemen
brought into a police station { white
man who was struggling 6ercely 10
break away from them
what have you arrested him fcrT'
asksd the police sergeant who was On
duty.
"For Jumping on and on the rear Of
a train. sah," one OF the policeman ~
pied
The blamed fooisF' cried the arrest
ed man. "T'm the brakeman
On one occasion a jamaican boy who
was a switch tender In Culebra cut
was found asleep with his head rest
fng on the rails Of the switch "Dafs
an hight. boss" said the boy when
walked. "No train can get By here
widOut me KNOWN itF'-Youth'S Com
panion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10
A bernard Shaw Criticism.

Before fame came TO him Bernard
shaw wrote dramatic criticisms Tor the
London Saturday Review. The follow
ing sample Is characteristic Of the man:
Il am h q somewhat FOOLISH position
concerning a play at the Opera Co
mtque, whittier I was hidden this day
week. For some reason was not
supplied with a program. 80 that i
never learned the name q the play.
At the end Of the second oct the play
had advanced about as Tar as an ordt
nary dramatist would have brought It
i've minutes after the first rising Of the
CURTIN or, say, as far as Ibsen would
have brought 1t ten years before that
event Taking advantage Of the sec-
ond interval to stroll out into the
Strand for q little exercise. / unfortu-
nstely forgot all about my business
and actually reached home before It
occurred 10 me that / had not seen
the end Of the play. Under thee cir
cumStances It would III become me to
dozmattze on the merits OF the work
or itz performance can only oner
the management my apologies"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10
A erat Italian Estate.

The Duke OF sermoneta ranks among
the greatest land owners In Italy.
Fogliano, his estate near the Pontine
marshes, extends to $1,000 acres. main
y under grass. for the duke owns vast
herds Of cattle The most productive
portion Of the estate. however, s a
lake several miles long and about a
mile In breadth, which. from the time
Of the Roman empire downward, has
supplied fish for the market In Rome.
Whenever there Is a food caused by
rain on the hills the lake overfows
through a narrow channel into the
"a. The, sea fish find their Wy
through into the lake, remain to fat
ten In the fresh water and then are
captured on their return by an ingeni-
Gus labyrinth constructed OF reeds into
which they swim They are OF the
best kind-ehiehy gray mullet-Lon-
don Mail
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10
Burial with Military I4ooors.

Amer a battle the dead are buried
with military honors." These IN times
Of peace are both impressive and elab-
crate. but In time Of war they are
much curtailed The principal fea-
lures are the playing by mufied drums
OF the dead march, the resting on the
arms reversed BY the troops engaged
and the final firing into the air over
the grave OF three blank volleys. The
number Of volleys Is always the same.
but the number Of men comprising the
firing party increases with the rank Of
the deceased A mufled drum h q
drum the cords OF which have been
lOosened 30 as to sIacken the parchment
head and cause It to give forth on be-
ing struck dull. mufled sound-LOn-
don Scraps.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10

=
II "a 4 significant Development q
English spelling IN the circles Of the
uneducated that the word used 20 rep
resent In short form moving picture
has taken the form movie. The plural
moving pictures was reduced 10 the
childish form movies IN Difference per-
hans TO the growing intelligence Of the
patrons Of those works OF art And
then when occasion arose 10 use the
singular Il was not spelled as the spell
ing book rules would make II movy,
but movie And we read Of the movie
show. The ending Sc has always
been popular IN pet names. as In AID
bic. Annie, Carrie. Fannie. Jennie. Jo-
sic. Katie, LOttie. Matte. Billie. John
ME, While. etc. The spelling with y
Is later and In some names less com
mon. Carrie Is seldom Garry. and An
ME h never Amy. The ending "ie'
was formerly pronounced In these
names as II Is In field, but shorter and
with q secondary stress-"Jen-nie."
'Wu-lie," ETC.. 50 little BiIlee" 1t Is
the popular spelling In bonnie. collie.
laddIe, lassIe. birdie. doggie. mousie
and other words Of Scottish and nurs-
cry associations. = Simplihed Spelling
Bulletin 49, +.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10
Tn. Hurt Flower.

Somebody. a scientist. has assured
rs that plants are not insensible to In
jury-that q flower may feel the hurt
of rough treatment Whether this Is
true or not. there comes the notion that
It would be a blessing II everybody
had the Imagination &c fancy violet
sensitive 10 rough hands and the
weight OF a careless heel. Twould
mean more gentleness N a world none
too tender toward many OF the beauti-
ful things Of life.
More than a century and a quarter
ago Robert Burns, on turning down a
mountain daisy with the plowshare.
broke into a song typical Of his sym
pathetic nature:
Wee, modest, crimson tipped flower.
Thou's met me In an evn hour.
These two lines are suggestive Of the
whole poem-a simple. sweet melody
whose dominant chord was contrition.
This century old song Is in harmony
with the views OF the modern scientist.
The hurt flower idea Is good enough
30 have a place in our thoughts. We
lose nothing when we snuggle q little
closer TO nature.-Toledo Blade.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10
s,,;n.I, o,d Locdon.

We hear much today Of the dangers
Of the London streets, but the inhab-
itants are spared some OF the perils Of
an earlier age The calendar Of coro-
ners rolls for the city tells how the
many swine wandering about the
streets were once LOndOn's greatest
nuisances. In I322 an inquest was held
on q child who was attacked In her
cradle by a pig which bad wandered
in through the open door OF her par
ents' shop. And a little earlier letters
patent were issued 60 an infant who
lost an ear from the same cause. The
letters certified the cause Of the aeci-
dent, lest later on the uncharitable
should say that the ear had been cut
on IN the piIlory by the knife Of the
law-London Spectator.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-04-10
PolyaIot Britain

Norman French Is stin the ofacial
language Of the Channel islands. II Is
rather a surprise when one begins 20
count the different languages spoken
within the borders Of the United King
dom How many people would guess
that there are stil at least i've living
tongues used among us1 There 70 Eng
Iish In England, Welsh In Wales, Ese
In Ireland. Gaelic In Scotland and
French In the Channel isles, while Cor.
nish In Cornwall and Manx in the Isle
Of Man have scarcely yet faded entire
~, and In whitechapel even the post
ONCE prints its notices in Yiddish.-
London Mirror