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] wont speak even once. II you'd rath-
er not
II have 70 n everything the driver
says, exclaimed Celestia IN an unc-
mufiOnal voice
She climbed INTO the car. and shut
the door after her. the driver sprang
~ his seat. and Tommy stepped calm
~ IN 10 the footboard The driver.
seeing this. attempted to throw Tom
my Off the fD0thcard. Tommy simply
got his fingers IN the man collar.
jnrla d him clear or the car. and let I'd
The man fell heavily on his head and
lay still.
"If y have 10 DO everything the
driver sass. cried Tommy in a iubi
liant voice. II shall ~ the driver.
Jump in. Freddie. wi.ile The jumping ~
good | may need YOU.
Freddie jumped III and seated kim
self by Celes,ia with every evidence
ot Tride and importance. and the car
lurched forward Just a. its former
driver began % Show signs Of life.
The road came Out Of the forest.
passed between two sWamps. and
assembled a long hill. fenced and pas
tured. from which there was a view or
rough farm land. ana in the distance
a wooden village with a steepIe in
the midst.
- the bottom of the hill a car bad
skicded from the road and come to
grief in a Doggy ditch. The driver
was trying 70 lever IN out with afcnce
rail Two women stood watching him.
At the sound OF Tcmmy's car sweep
ing down upon them. they looked
around. and Tommy recognized Mary
Blackstone and Mrs. Gunsdorf. His
face became white and grim. He gave
his engine more gas. and rushed by
them. hurting a column OF thick dust
high in the air.
Mrs. Gunsdorf. al sight OF Celestial.
became for a moment like a stone i'm
age OF horror. Only her head turned
a little. and SO standing. she looked
after tee car. Then very slowly, as
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about where to look for ID. had dis
covered the entrance thereto. just at
dawn. and had penetrated deep enough
To discover certain traces OF human
habitaiion and deceit.
OF these last he selected a tar
nished metal stag that had once shone
like gold, and pft il in his pocket.
Futher into the la%byrinthinc sys-
tenn Of cavcrns ne dared not penetrate.
for fear Of being lost, but sought a
hotel Tor rest. The rest turned into
the same kind Of rest that q fallen
tree enjoys. He slept like q Iog on
his narrow bed. and was aroused late
in the afternoon by a sound OF voices.
The partitions OF the little north
woods hotel were "a thin pine boards.
The occupant Of room NJ. could
hear the snorinEs Of the occupant of
No. g. four rooms away Mary Black
stone had the next room TO TCmmy's.
and 10 this room came Mrs. Guns
dNrf with the hand she dared net
show and her story OF murder done IN
tho night.
~ tRtli4s II NI 4iUi HirttPI WHO
had murdered Cciestia. She was dead.
lie listened i'll a kind Of franc to the
story OF the killing. He heard Mrs.
Gunsdorf rejecting the pearl necklace.
and he overheard a violent struggle
in which Mary Blackstone prevented
Mrs. Gunsdorf from killing herself.
and got the knife away from her
and a little later he heard Mary say
ing. Take this. it's only a quarter Of
a grain. You'll sleep and forget
Then ne left his room and burst
open the door OF theirs. and IN a voice
so weak with passion and horror that
il could hardly be heard. he whispered
to them the things that they were
and was gone.
A moment later he was running at
full speed toward the railroad station.
And a few minutes later the two wom-
en-. in an automobile which Mary had
Communicated. v q fleeing, as they
imagined, for their lives.
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To get away-to hide in the woods
to escape to Canada-anywhere for
q respite-nothing else seemed 10 mat
ter to them.
Some man tried TO oppose Tommy's
entrance TO the observation end OF
Celestia's car. only to be thrown so
violently TO one side that he realized
he had encountered a force with which
he could not O And Tommy. half
dead with grief and rage. burst into
the ear and found himself face TO face
with Celestia.
She was standing and appeared to
be in the best Of health: but she mad
a dazcd look. or rather an in~attentive
look. She did not seem 10 resent Tom
my's violent intrusion in the least.
nor TO be surprised at II, nor 70 ex-
press any other emotion. The clock
in the car indicated a few minutes to
five.
Il am going for a drive. said Celes-
tia. in an exprcssionless voice. is
the car there
Yes. the car Is there said Tom
my.
II have TO go at five o'clock"
She neither looked AZ Tommy nor
spoke to him. but as the clocl. began
TO strike five she hurried out on the
rear platform. descended to the ground.
and crossed the down track to a large
black touring car that was waiting al
the side OF the road. the engine turning
slowly.
The driver or the car. a dark man
heavily gossled. sprang 70 the door for
Celestia. Freddie the Ferret. who
was hanging about. also sprang to per-
form the same Office. with the result
that this small service for their God
dess fell to the lot Of Tommy. AT least
he was the one To get his hand on the
doorknob. But he did not at once open
the door. Celestia's behavior was SO
strange that he thought she must be
i'll While he hesitated. the driver
said. Heroine side"
Are YOU speaking 10 me-" asked
Tommr Jelly.
What d. ycu want mixing In this
said the driver. Tommy did not an
swer. bUt said 10 Ccleatia. 4,
II wouldn't Ru alone with this man.
Why rot talk me TO look after YOU?
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out thinking. for he was still half
asleep. attacked hat thing. and as he
would have said himself. made q
monkey OF it."
Discovering now that his victim had
beer Professor Stilliter. who had only
come. probably. to fetch a magazine
or something OF that sort. Freddie was
In mortal terror. II would have com
forted him greatly could he have
known that Professor Stilliter was
equally frightened.
One thing was sure. Freddie mustn't
be discovered in the morning. So he
made his way forward to his own
quarters. his teeth knocking together
with fear OF Professor Stilliter. but
e~ncountcring nothing more dangerous
than > number of negro porters sound
asleep.
The next morning Professor Still
liter recovered the leather case which
he imagined to contain what was now
his remaining pair uf extra
glasses. and without onen.ng it slipped
II into his waistcoat pocket.
The glasses themselves were. of
course. i'm the Ferret's possession:
throughout the day he kept his cars
open in the hope that a reward would
be offered for their return. None was.
and presently. in his usual ~happy-go-
lucky way, he had forgotten all about
them.
Through the night. now standing by
the hour on sidines. nov al water
tanks. now crawling forward. the
snow-whifc train had covered the few
miles which separated its last stop
from the chief city OF the north wcols.
which was to see the finish OF Celcs-
tia upstate" campaign.
An energetic tramp walking the ties
could have covered the distance in
about a quarter OF the time.
Less Il midway between the last
stop Of the sn0w-white train and the
chief city of the north woods was
Tommy's old stamping ground. and
the cave in which Celestia had been
brought w.
Tommy. travelling through the night
az first on a bicycle. along the tics.
and then - foot. knowing now that
there was a cave 70 be found. and
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THIRTEENTH InSTALLMENT
THE PROFESSORS TREAcHERY.

Presently Celestia's breathing
sounded slow and regular.
She's asleep" thought Mrs. Guns
dorf. tho time has come. and she
began cautiously 70 edge herself out
sideways from under the bed. But
Celestial was not quite asleep and the
noise Mrs Gunsdorf made walked her.
n just as AIRS. Cunsdorf was begin
ming 70 rise from the floor. Celestia
slipped from the bed. eluded a hand
that clutched az her dress. snatched
from the bureau a heavy silver hand
mirror. the only weapon OF defense
that was in sight. and dartcd into the
observation compartment.
In the center of the place was a
heavy table covered with periodicals.:
behind this Celestia took her stand.
ready. like a child playing tag. 20 dodge
in either direction. Her eyes. wildly
excited. but fearless. strove TO meet
and master the eyes of her assai,ant.
but could not. SO bound was Mrs.
Gunsdorf ny the knowledge that she
must look anywhere but at those eyes.
Mrs Gunsdorf was at a d~isadvan-
taE.1 Not much older than Celestia.
she was heavier. less alert. and she
dared not make a full use Of ncr ewes.
Her face averted SO that with the
tails of her ives she only had partial
glimpses Of Colostia. her PUSHES were
more or less at random. Once she
threw herself headlons half across the
table and stabbed. as a snake strikes
-rnly 10 md that she had miscalcu-
lated the distance entirely.
There was another pause
why do YOU want 70 hurt mop"
asked Celestia. Why won't YOU lcok
at me-"
Mrs G~unsdorf's only answer was an
ether rush Celestia threw 4 chair III
her way and once more succ c,.ed in
keeping the heavy table between
them.
She was getting angry What right
had anyone 70 chase her with a knife
If the woman would only look A. her
Mrs Gun7dorf 'r7rr'ed. and mnr-
derous WAS ncnr'usol az the ease
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remorse. to the rear platform OF the
car.
You'll hide in the woods at first
said Celestia. DO YOU see that STAR
Follow il. for an hour-then you'll
wake up. But you will remember that
you have murdered an innocent per-
son. There will be blood on your
hand 10 remind you. If there was
another. or others who set you on 70
do this thing. YOU can report TO them
that the thing has been done"
Then Mrs. Gunsdorf hurried down
the steps of the platform. round the
main line of rails. glancing furtively
about her. and disappeared into the
night and the forest
o
Celestia dined ell alone that night,
and went 10 bed soon after. utterly *
hausted. after locking the door Of the
observation car and Of her own state
room for the first time In her life.
At midnight a locomotive was at
tached to the srow-whitc train and il
was drawn slowly on its way deeper
into the heart Of the north woods.
Soon after ths train had started
Professor Siilliter entered Celestial
car from his own. and after pIying 4
welI-oiled puyet,5v stood looking
down n tho darkness where she Law
Presently hc tolched the button Of
an electro tn~,h Ana hor face shone
brightly in the circle of radiance
Then with HI free n,rd Professor
SuHitc~ began 10 make caressing
passes over the smooth white fore.
head. III and down and across and
across no,er torrhirg il I'M, always
70 close that his ha~d Md \ nsatinn
Of warmth.
After n While Celestial rassod from
natural To hypnotic sleep: her eyes
opened pa~-i 5ly aad had no express
sion ~ item
Tomorrow Celestja dear v.his.
rcred Professor Sfl.ii;er. when your
work il done. WHOM y1u have spoken
20 the nconle. you are 20 20 bach TO
that heaven fs.m which YOU came.
You viii say that YOU wish 10 20
for an automobile ride in the forest.
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ready and waiiing You viii enter
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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19

A smapF dose of Po-Do-Lax tonight
and you enjoy full, free, easy bowel
moyement in the morning. No grip
ing. for Po-Do-Lax is Podophyllin
cMay APPLE without the grippe. Po-
Do-LaX cOrrects the cause of Consti-
patton by arousing the Liver, increas-
ing the flow of bile. Bile is Natures
in the bowels. With prop
er amount of bile, digestion in bowels
is perfect. No gas. no fermentation,
no Constipation. Don't be sick. ner-
vous, irritable. Get a bottle of Po-
Do-LaX from your Druggist now and
cure your Constipation overnight. /
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19

ed in the development of shipping,
by giving sufficient aid to overcome
the difference In cost which stands
as a handicap against us (4) such
aid should only apply in cases where
the operations cannot be conducted
profitably, and only continue as long
as conditions prevail, such aid being
based on the service performed In
carrying mails and furnishing ships
for auxiliary purposes, (5) any gov
ernmental operations which place
aforementioned and controlled
ships in competition with privately
owned and operated ships should not
be countenanced. The judgment
and experience of experts of all kinds
on this subject should be sufficient to
deter our taking such a hopelessly
fatal step. CO. AS the Navy needs
auxilaries even more than any other
facility, any measure taken to in
crease its efficiency should give first
to, and DO influenced
D., the development of a merchant
-.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19
Christmas Seals.

4 ine largest army ever enlisted i'll
kentucky's fight against tuberculosis
is the volunteer selling force now
organized for a monster drive against
this great enemy of our State by the
sale of Red Cross Christmas seals.
according to the headquarters of the
Kentucky Red Cross Seal Campaign
The movement is being rapidly
pushed to secure some charitabl or
ganization or individual to handle
these seals in every town and county
OF the State. Agents have already
been secured in a score of counties.
and the State headquarters will pro-
badly begin this week the shipment
OF advertising matter and seals to
many points in the State. Consider
able interest is being manifested by
many of the people who had the sale
of seals last year. and there will he
keen rivalry between several of the
cities and towns liz an attempt to
sci! the largest number Of seals per
capita.
80 per cent OF the proceeds from
the sale of the seals will be devoted
to the anti-tuberculOsiS work of the |
State. The remaining 10 per cent.
will go to the American Red Cross
to pay for the seals and advertising
matter furnished BY them. These
seals are placed on letters, Christmas
packages and mail matters generally
and serve to invite attention to the
act that many thousands of our peo-
Die are killed annually by tubercuIo-
lis. and four or five times as many
re suffering from this disease and
will intimately die unless assistance
5 rendered. Anyone interested in
his work is urged to write to Col.
:. NJ. Maus. Sales Manager at Frank
Ort- /,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19
A Doctors Prescription for Cough
An effective COug,, Treatment.

One-fourth to one teaspoonful of
DR.. Kings New Discovery, taken as
needed. will soothe and check Coughs
Colds and the more dangerous Bron-
chial and Lung Ailments. You can't
afford to take the risk of serious ILL
ness, when so cheap and simple a
remedy as Or. Kings New Discovery
is obtainable. Go to your Druggist
to-day. get bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery, start the treatment at
once. You will be gratified for the
relief and cure obtained I
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19

II you want special advice write to
lydia L. Pinkham Medicine Co. (,Onf..
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and Answered by a
uSnaa and held in strict confidence.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19
Fighting Grubworms

The common white grubs or grub
worms are the larvae of the May
beetle, and they often do great in
jury to crops.
FAN blowing is one of the best
methods of preventing an outbreak
OF white grubs. This blowing should
be done late in the fall but cold
weather sets i'm and the ground be-
comes chilled and frosty. for then
the grubs will have down to their
winter quarters beyond reach of the
pillow. Ordinarily the best time to
pillow is between October l and Is.
The Department of agriculture en-
phasizes the importance OF deep
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19
thamberlnin's Tablets.

This is medicine intended espec-
tally for stomach troubles, bilious
ness, and constipation. II is meet
ing with much success and rapidly
gaining in favor and popularity. OBJ
tainable everywhere. M
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19
Children Cry
FOR FlETCHER'S
CA 8 TORIA
Death Ends Quest Of New Power.

pV"'H r.Hu> quest OF New rover.
Recently when James Laney, nine
ty-three years old. was laid to rest
in Crystal Lake cemetery at Minneap-
oils. seventy-year quest for the Sc
cret of perpetual motion" came to
fruitless end.
So close did he think himself to
the secret at times that he embled
with expectancy. For seventy years.
despite his disappointments. his mind
afiame with ambition. Laney worked.
thinking. experimenting.
Meanwhile this man. Il Scotchman
by birth and a stoncmason by trade.
whose only relaxation WAS reading
the works of Bacon. Shakespeare,
Coleridge, Wordsworth, smashed and
destroyed contrivance after contriy-
ance when it failed. Then with in
tensified energy he concentrated on
a new idea.
1T almost worked"
These three words tell the life
story of man gifted in some ways
beyond his fellow men. John Laney
his name to go down in his
tory, but always when he fancied
he was at the very edge OF accom-
plishment. II was only to find the !
missing in. continuance /
hat almost worked"
when ! was Just little girl faith !
n used to have the kitchen table ,
cleared for him when supper was
'ver." said Mrs. Lizzie Welton, at
whose home the aged man spent his
asst days. "He rad groove in the
able and a round stone ball that he
made himself. He would roll this
ound and round and then mother
you'd have to get up late at night
nd beg him to stop and rest.
Father had a good education.
Mostly self-acquired. He loved the
oets and he wrote several songs.
ne for the st. George Guards, of
{. George, New Brunswick, where
re once lived. He was sculptor
lso.'
Outside the steps of the coy cot
age where Mrs. Welton lives, are
~o pieces of granite. One has on
figures of Hiawatha and Minneha-
a. the other has on Il bear and
NO cubs. Inside the house, highly
is chain, five feet long,
it'll many links and an anchor at
leIi end that was cut with Jack
nife from solid piece of wood.
any small mementoes remain.
But before he died John Laney de-
royed all charts or mechanical CON
ivances he had made in search
n perpetual motion. One day he
id to his daughter:
Perpetual motion will vet be
und. There is no doubt of il. When
is found the world will be astound-
!. not alone by the stupendous
anges that il will bring in all in :
lstrial life. but by the simplicity
ii. Millions will wonder why no \
Ie ever thought of Il before"
Il am not an old man" he would
ten say. II saw the coming of the
ilroads. the telegraph. the automo-
le and the more wonderful things
later years. predicted. back i'm T.
so. that the world would one day
? the horseless wagon. and it is S
re. All. If | could only just get
2 one little missing link.
But near-perpetual motion was the
st he could do. Everything that he
rted, and he had some contriv- ~,
ces made of balls and weights that |
pit moving of their own volition for
ong time, stopped eventually.
One day he broke down. when |
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19
The CHARM
OF MOTHERHOOD
Enhanced By Perfect Physi.
cal Health.

The experience of Motherhood is try
ing one to most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not one
woman in hundred is prepared or I'M
derstands how to properly care for her.
SELF. OF course nearly every woman
nowadays has me!ica! treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial Of strength, and when it is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard 70 recover. Following
right upon this comes the nervous strain
OF caring for the child, and distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
a happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprerased condition, al nth am
pie time in which TO prepare, women
will persist in going blindly b the trial.
Every woman at this time sSou.d rely
upon Lydia <. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, a most valuable tonic and
lnvigorator Of the female organism.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19
Children Cry
FOR FlETcHER'S
Q a 8 TORIA
Protect Thruches.

That thrushes-the group of birds
in which are included robins and
great deal of good
and very little harm to agriculture is
the conclusion reached by inyestiga-
tors of the department who have
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19

came on earth had nothing" he
said. sobbng, "and now am an old
man and have nothing"
But he really had much He had
a good home and many loving friends
and was respected by all who knew
him.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19

blowing early this fall. since the
grubs have changed to pupae and
adult beetles, and these will be de-
stroyed if the pupals cells in which
they pass the winter are disturbed.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-19

In many homes
once childless there
are now children be-
cause of the fact
that Lydia Z. Pink
hams Veg etable
Compound makes
won en- norm al,
healthy and strong.
The commonwealth., 1915-12-02
MR.. HENRY FORD, SS$$$.

The multi-millionaire automobile
manufacturer, Henry Fo-d, Of Detroit,
has given his personal check for S72,
coo, which is pay for passage to Eu-
rope fc, himself and the American
peace society, which he organized
Without doubt, the Oscar II will sail
from Gotham Saturday fo- Christiana,
Norway, from which point the party
will be in close proximity with the
capitals OF the important nations now
at war MI Ford goes on a peace
Gul mission. He is taking with him
some Of Americas most prominent
persons. He might succeed in ing
ing this dreadful war to a close soon
Who can foTetell? Why should not
this mission succeed? The jingo press
and the home anarchists have prophe-
sled the failure why this judgment
at the hands OF the prophets? Do we
as q nation desire to see this contest
so on Indefinitely. We would show
dirty st eak if we sanctioned the
continuance Of it regardless
LIE; US wish Ford and his party luck.
He is man Of means and could not
spend his money for a more worthy
cause He has the sanction of the