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quiet, you chaps. Drive on, chauffeur;
drive on"
Yes. my lord To what particular
police station shall | head this omni-
bus?"
The nearest, Jones; the very near.
est you can think OF! Some day, when
I'm rich, I'll hire you for my chauf,
feur. But for the present | shall ex.
pect at least a box of Partagas out OF
that hundred"
Jones chuckled. IN buy you a box
out of my own pocket. That hundres
goes to charity"
Here we are! Out with you," sai3
Jim to his prisoners. He shoulderva
them into the police station, to he
captains desk.
whats this?" demanded the cap.
tain.
"Holdup men," said Jim. Entered
this mans car and tried TO rob him"
"Uh-huh. An who're you?"
Jim showed his badge and card.
"Oho! Hey, there; | mean you"
said the captain, leveling a finger at
Otto. Lift up that hat; lift it up.
Sure. it's Fountain Pen Otto, Well,
well; an we've been lookin' for vow
for ten months on the last forgery
case. Mr.. Norton, my thanks. TAX.
EN- below, sergeant. You'll be herv
to make the complaint in tn mornin'
sir" he added to Servan.
IF it is necessary"
1T may be against Otto's pal.
don't know him."
Very Well"
And Jones and Norton and Servau
trooped out Of the station.
At last Jones and the reporter en-
tered a cheap restaurant and ordered
coffee and toast.
You're a wonderful man. Jones
even il you are an E~nglishman.' said
Jim as he called for the check.
English? What makes you think
| am English?' asked Jones with a Gu
rious glitter in his eyes.
"Ill tell You on the night We put the
rollers under Braine and company"
Jones stared long and intently al
his young partner. What did he really
know?
(TO BE CONTINUEDl
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iantly, for all that he knew what ths
end of this exploit was going to be
One of the men succeeded in getting
the documents from Servan's pocket.
Done. my boy" cried the victor.
Give him a crack on the cocc and
We'll beat it,"
Just a minute, gentlemen" said a
voice from the seat at the side of the
chauffeur. I'm take those p%apers!"
And the owner of the voice. backed BY
a cold. sinister-looking automatic,
reached in and confiscated the spotls
OF war. And shouldn't make any
attempt to slip out by the side door"
Thanks. my friend" said Seryan
shaking himself free from his captors.
Don't mention IT," said Norton ami.
ably. We thought something Ike
this would happen. Keep perfectly
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HAD REAL CAUSE FOR GRIEF
Happy Event, Under the Circum.
STANCES, Brought Reverse of Joy
to the Small Boy.

"Boo-hoo!" yelled the small boy dis
consolately, as he wandered down the
street, %kneading his eyes with his
knuckles.
MY dear little chap. what's the
trouble?" asked a benevolent old gen.
tleman. stopping a moment for a bet.
ter view of the small, miserable one.
MY sisters getting married to-
day." broke out the youngster wrath
fully, and then again made the street
resound with his lusty lament.
But, my dear little chap" exclaimed
the kindly old soul. bending down to
stroke the youngsters head %consoling.
ly, you ought to be very glad your
sister is going to be happy. Anyway,
it's nothing to cry over"
The dear little chap" jerked his
head free and burst into more violent
and e~ar-piercing music as he splut-
tered sarcastically:
"Oh. amt 1t? Tiff you'd been paid
a quarter a week to k-keep out of the
way when her young m-man came to
the house. you wouldn't be sorry when
your sister had gone and g-got mar
ried, would y-you?"
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Famous Feats Of Archery.

In the days when the buffalo was
found in vast herds on the western
plains there were Indians who, while
riding at a gaIlop. could send an ar
row through a buffalo's body. Re-
markable as this archery was, 1t did
not equal that reached by the arChers
Of ancient times. 1t is or record that
the AiaCReas of Gairlock, Scotland,
were such skilled archers that they
could hit a man at the distance of
500 yards. In 1894 the Turkish am
bassador at London shot an arrow in
a field near that capital 415 yards
against the wind. The secretary OF
the ambassador on hearing the ex-
pressions of surprise from the Eng
iish gentlemen present, said the sui
tan had shot 500 yards. This was the
greatest performance of modern days.
but a pillar standing on a plain nea
Constantinople recorded shots ranging
up to 500 yards. Sir Robert Ainslie.
British ambassador to the Sublime
Porte, recorded that in 1898 he was
present when the sultan shot an arrow
972 yards,-Washington Star.
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Name for the Indian Children.

Small people catch on to much more
from the talk of their elders than
grownups generally suppose. says the
Caldwell News. A little girl of four
and one-half years one day last week
was porting over her primer. 1t wss
a lesson about Indians. The mothe
explained the pictures to the little
one. telling her some OF the customs
OF the tribe. and ended by telling her
Lii Indian children wsT5 Called
"papooses." The mex lay the girl
was heard to read" THE Indians
do not live In houses, and they tall
their children Bull Mooses."
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had no appetite. Since / have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound the aches and pains are all gone
and | feel like a new woman 1 cannot
praise your medicine too highly-"-Mrs.
AUGUSTUS LYON, Terre Hill, Pa.
1t is true that nature and a woman's
work mas produced the g~randest remedy
for woman's ills that the world has
ever known. From the roots and
herbs of the field, Lydia E. Pinkham,
forty years ago, gave to wornankind
a remedy for their peculiar ills which
has proved more efficacious than any
other combination of drugs ever COM
pounded, and today Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is recognized
from coast to coast ss the standard
remedy for woman's ills.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, are files containing hundreds Of
thousands of letters from women seek
ing health many of them openly state
over their own signatures that they have
regained their health by taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound;
and in some cases that it has saved them
from surgical operations.
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fixed. He calls himself Servan
and registers from Paris. I'll show
the fool that he has no moujik to
deal with this time"
"And what are these documents"
asked Olga.
"Ah, that's what We are so anxious
to find out. Some papers are going
to be exchanged bs.ween this Rus
sian spy and Jones or his agents.
That these papers nee us vi
tally am certain. That is why
| am going to get them IL
there has to be a murder at the
opera tonight. Norton has been to
Washington. He was seer coming out
Of the Russian embassy. from the
secretaries of state and war and a
dozen other Offices. I've got to find
out just what all this means
1T means that the time has come
for us to fly said Olga. I'VE have
failed. have warned lou We have
still plenty OF money left. 1t is time
we folded our tents and stole away
quietly. ! tell you | feel i. in my bones
that there Is a pit before US some
where: and II you force issu Is We shall
all fall Into II"
THE white fealner. ma -.
~Tnere Is altogether some differences
between the white feather and com
nonsense caution"
!. y shall never SIZE up. I1u ara
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CLEAR-HEkDED.
Head eookkecper Must BE Reliable.

The chief bookkeeper in a large
business house in one of our great
Western cities speaks Of the harm
coffee and tea did for him:
My vito and l drank our FIRST cup
OF Postum a little over two years
ago, and We have used it ever since,
to the entire exclusion Of tea and
coffee. 1t happened in this way:
Il had an attack Of pneumonia.
which left me with dyspepsia, or neu-
raigia OF the stomach. My cup OF
cheer had always been coffee or tea.
but ! became convinced. after a time.
that they aggravated my stomach
trouble. l happened to mention the
matter to my grocer one day and he
suggested that / give Postum a trial.
Next day it came. and We liked it
so much that We will never change
back; for am a well man today and
have used no medicine.
MY work as chief bookkeeper In
our Co.'S branch house here is OF a
very combining nature. During my cof-
fee drinking days / was subject to
nervousness and the blues In add
ton to my sick spells. These have
left me since ! began using Postum
and | can conscientiously recommend
1t to those whose work confines them
to long hours If severe mental exer-
tion."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereal-the original form
must be we'll boiled. 15c and Csc pack.
ages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa
ter. and. with cream and sugar. makes
. delicious beverage instantly. 300
and zoe tins
Both kinds are equally delicious an;
cost about the same per cup.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold By Grocers-
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Copyright. liza. BY Harold MacGrathl

OTy ponce record, presently nla
nerve gave way in face of the steady
eye and hand, and he confessed the
why and wherefore he had sought the
keyhole of Servants room.
1--WE are after this butler, Where,
ever he goes we follow"
We'll, you've wasted your time, my
man. All / am here for is TO take
over some property Mr.. Hargreaye
left IN France for sale. ] know
nothing about your private feuds.
Now, get out But keep ont of my
way; | am not a peaceful man."
Tho spy tumbled out as he had
tumbled in, by an act Of gravity; and
Scryan was alone. He spent two
days in comparative idleness. Then
things began to wake up.
For a long time the leather box
across which was inscribed Stanley
Hargreave" lay in peace undisturbed.
A busy spider had woven a trap
The box was still badly stained from
its immersion in the salt water. Al
a certain time ii was quietly with
drawn from it's hiding place. IL was
steaithily opened. A hand reached in
and when it Withdrew a packet OF
papers was also withdrawn. The box
vas again locked aud lowered; and
presently the spider returned to find
that his cunning trap had been to-
tally destroyed. With the infinite pa
thence of his KIND he began the weav-
ing of another trap. Perhaps this
would be more successful than its
predecessor.
Later Henri Servan received a tele'
purpose in America would be real.
ized by his presence at such and such
"a box that night at the opera. Fur,
ther information could net be given
over the telephone. Servan seemed
we'll satisfied. He dressed carefully
that evening, called up the Office clerk
and inquired II his box tickets for the
opera had arrived. F1e was informed
that they had. Instantly the spy, who
had dared to linger about the hotel,
~overhearing this conversation, deter.
mined to notify Braine at once. And
ut the same time, Norton, in disguise
determined not to lose sight of thi.
man whom he had set himself te
watch.
The spy left by one entrance and
Jim by another. jim had learned
what he desired: that the Russian
agent would be followed to the oper;
and that 1t was going to be difficult
to hand the documents to him. The
spy entered a drug store and tele
phoned. Jim waited outside. WheI
the man came out he strolled up IL,
street and entered the nearest saloon
Jim's work was done.
1t was Braine's lieutenant. however
who took the news to Braine.
I'VE have succeeded"
Good" said BTaine.
He will go to the opera. He vii
have a box. Doubtless they have ar
ranged to deliver the papers there
And the next thing Is to get tn,
number of. his box" This Braine hal
no difficulty in doing. so that's al
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iytld L. lLihhdiil
Vegetable Com
pound. When | first
began taking it /
was suffering from
female troubles for
some time and had
almost all kinds Of
aches in low
er part Of back and
in sides, and press
ing down pains. /
could net sleep and
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a Vigorous Writer.

why does your mayor put on auto
mobile goggles before he writes?"
TO keep the ink from suffering in
his eyes."-Munich Meggendorfer
Blaetter.
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Drink Denison's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.
Swift HereditY.

Il have the blood of many fighting
men running in my veins"
Yes. and | bet it runs all the faster
when ii smells powder"
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No man or on earth ever be-
lieVes that the good die young.
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MRS. LYONS
ACKESAND PAINS
Have All Gone Since Taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.

Terre Fill, Pa.-"Kfndly permit ms
to give you my testimonial in favor Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

( by still greater invasion In the Upper
I CreJaceau5 epoch.
/ The first deposits of Upper Creta-
/ ceous age-the Dakota sandstone
/ were spread out uniformly over the
I level plain, which then included the
/ whole area that was later pushed up
to form the Rocky mountains. over
these sands, which were laid down
along the advancing front OF the sea,
we're deposited the marine sediments
as the sea moved forward In its wa
ters lived great number of serpent
like swimming reptiles; and over 1T
scared pterodactyls. the fossil remains
of which show that they measured Is
feet from Tip to tip Of wings on its
shores and in its waters sBorted large
diving birds which still retained the
teeth inherited from their reptilHau
ancestors
On the shores Of this sea, especially
along its western margin, great
swamps developed and in them grew
a variety OF semitropical plants. such
as palm and fig trees The resulting
caTbonaceous material which accum-
ulated as peat was later converted in
so coal The sea did not attain IT'S
maximum size at once. Probably at no
one time was the whole Interior basin
under water. The advance of tne sea
and the filing Of the basin kept pace
with each other, so that sediments and
fossils which indicate nearuess to-
shore and coal beds which indicate
swamps above sea level are found at
many positions from bottom to Top
of the Upper Cretaceous formations.
At the close of the Cretaceous period
notable changes were produced in the
geography Of the region. The interior
basin, which had been subsidtng
throughout the Cretaceous period. was
now lifted, its waters were poured .
back into the oceans, and the moun-#
tains whose roots had been buried .
We're resuscitated. In some places the f
erosion that followed removed from
these newly lifted mountains the Gre
tace0us rocks that once covered them
and cut deep enough into the under
lying formations 10 obtain the pebbles
Of older rocks, which may now be
found in the lower part of the oldest
Tertiary beds In other places the
Iretace0Us rocks were not entirely
removed. Beds that once Law 5000
feet below the level of the sea were
lifted to form mountain tops that now
stand more than $4,000 feet above sea /
eYeI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT

Rock Island today unveiled a monu-
ment to the soldiers and sailors Of ali
the American wars. particularly to
those of the Civil and spanish-Amerf-
can conflicts. The shaft is lasting
tribute on the part Of the patriotic peo-
pie of today to those who have given
or offered their lives on behalf of their
country. 10 is memorial erected by
Rock Island alone, practically all of
the $4,000 which went into the beauti-
fat shaft having been furnished By the
people Of Ibis city. Patriotic organi-
cations Of Rock Island originated the
idea and executed the plans. making
the first contributions. Later the school
children gave their pennies and others
generally subscribed literally.
The monument is not d pretsntfaus
one but il is ample to express the re-
spect and veDerauon Of the people of a
city for its national heroes. aud Fl viii
stand for many generations as an in
spiration ard q reminder Of civic duty
to those who gaze upon it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
WHEN THIS CONTINENT WAS YOUNG

The United States geological sur
vey has just published a report which
/ though technical, nevertheless embed
lies some interesting history of the
/ early ages Of the North American con-
unent Itteus of the rise and fall OF
/ q portion of the continent millions ot
/ years ago, long before the age of man.
! at q time when strange beasts IN
habited the country, when the climate
was subtropicaI and when a peculiar
+ swamp vegetation fi0urlshed, the re-
mains OF which were converted into the
! present great coal beds of the west
Late in what is termed by biologists
CaTbOntferous time" according to
W. IT, Lee. the author Of the report.
there were mountains in Colorado and
New Mexico comparable TO the pres
ent Rocky mountains During the
IFiassic period ana much Of the FUR
assic, which followed, a time TO he
measured in millions Of years, these
mountains were eroded away Late in
the Jurassic period q wide area had
been worn down SO near sea level
that slight subsistence of the land
allowed sea water to enter from the
Pacific ocean and spread over Wyom-
ing, northern Colorado and eastern
Utah, Near the close OF the Jurassic
slight upljft expelled this sea. After
some time this area began again to
settle and the streams spread fine sed-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
The Daily Story
Mrs. Borland 5 Relatively May c. Etheridge
By May C. Etheridge.

I scraped the ground he leaped ashore
and walked hastily up the incline
He was met at his door bv wo,.-
in the uniform Of nurse. vbo
seemed disposed to block his enfra,es
ri he informed her that he was ar 10
own home, Then she told him tbst h.
wife was i'll. but not dangerously UIs
that the doctor was with err that tbs
patient had been informed of his ay
pecred arrival and that if he came H.
fore the doctor left he was 10 wait TIA
captain began to fire questions al tba
woman, who, telling him that she vas
needed in the sickroom. went upstairs
The captain walked the floor anxious
Iy. Hall an hour passed when he heard
the door of his wife's bedroom omen
and his family physician came out and
down into the room where BorIand
was waiting After greeting the can
tain he said
Your wife is sd and my presence
here is necessary for 7 can't raH mise
how long She has requested me rs
tell you It is her wish that Won ra-
main away until I am able ta assure
you that-well, that the crisis bas
passed.
Then she is dangerously lIf~'
Z don't say that. though ia such
cases there is always danger Ruf
en- assure you that am IS going gaT
with her and before night at urtaast
she viii be able to see you.
Il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

When Tom Borland married Susan
Gubraith, Tom being master of q
tramp steamer and at sea nearly all
the time. he doped that a little strang-
er would soon happen that way &c
keep his wife company during his alb
sence.
Toms communications from home
were very Irregular, because his timer
AIRY was often uncertain. Ii on arriv-
Ing al one point it would pay better
10 go 10 another than the one he had
/ expected TO steer for he would alter his
plans. so that letters addressed ac-
( c0Tdiug to instructions would lie in the
/ postodice unclaimed His wife heard
from him with as much regularity as
could be expected from a sailor, but
sometimes months would intervene be-
tween his receipt Of letters from her.
The Borland home was just within
the entrance to a narrow bay into
Which Captain B0rland on his return
always took his ship and locked her.
When he came from the n0rthward. as
he usually did, on turning into the
harbor he could see his little home
nesting up on the heights, and when
his wife knew that ne was due she
would be on the outlook for him. Then
how Joyful to her was the sight of the
ship i'm which he came and to him the
welcome he saw waving from an up
per window But if soon after round
ing it he didn't see that signal he was
seized with fear that something Of a
grievous nature had happened
on one Of Captain Borlands vow
ages after having been away almost a
year and having changed his timer
airy so often that he had not heard
from his wife for months, he turned
The bluff at the entrance of the bay
anEiausly He had found an oppor-
tuuity 10 send a letter TO her advising
her Of the probable time Of his arrival
and hoping that within a short time
after coming into view Of his home he
would see the usual signal
When rounding the blur he stood on
deck, binoculars In hand. watching for
what would relieve his anxiety and
assure him that his wife was living
and we'll But though he raised his
glasses often. he was every time disap-
pointed. At last when he reached a I
point nearest to his house the figure Of I
3 woman appeared on the porch and I.
bat with the assistance Of his (
glasses he saw that it was not that .
1f his Wife
Captain Borland hardly knew what
10 think OF all this Bat he surmised /
either thar his wife was dead. that she
was in or that something had occurred
% take her away from home Anxious
b he sailed on to a point near the
lock and. after dropping anchor. en-
cred boar with six sailors 10 pun /,
lin TO a point on the shore just below
lis house. AS soon as the boats nose
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25

bers OF parliament that are urging the
government TO withdraw the right OF
public assembly altogether. Conscrip-
ton, Mr.. Hobson says, is not being
urged to secure more soldiers. for re
eruits have been drilling six months
While waiting for rifles, hut because
compulsory service will further "Prus-
slanize" the government and make il
more difficult for the people to have
any say as to how the war shall be
brought to an end.
The only thing that can check this
ehb of enthusiasm would be = series
OF British and French victories. bYt
the opinion is growing that the dead
lock in the west will continue and that
the breaking through of the Darda-
nelles might not bring all the military
and economic advantages that have
been predicted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-25
WAR OF TRANSPORTATION.

We have heard more OF the krupp
gun, tia 42-cenumetere, the German
ommissariat and the Teuton's as
ahyxiating gases than We have Of the
German railways part il the present
var AS the war drags on. however.
It IS proving itself more and more a
var Of transportation. q struggle in
which the railways are taking the
most significant part. says the St
Louis Republic a recent writer an
nounoes that the German regiments
Fighting the BeIgians ana the British
- Flanders on April ] we're far down
IN southern Galicia pounding the Russ
ca April IS; that the rrussian corps
holding back JoGre around Arras al
the last Of June were in front Of War
saw on July 1
Il has been the task OF the German
railway men to carry great armies.
horses. artillery equipment and other
supplies back and forth over q terri
terry as large as that comprised with
Il the boundaries OF Missouri, Illinois.