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The Ekalaka eagle., 1915-08-20
PROLOGUE.


The moonstone hac first reposed In
the forehead Of an Indian idol. AS
centuries went by, i'll luck following
1t. it passed into Mohammedan hands.
but always through the ages three
Brahman priests kept secret watch
over it. John uerncastle, an English
officer, during the storming of Seringa-
patam. stole the stone. killing Its
guardians. Gabriel Bettercdge, house
steward for Julia N.ady Verinder) ex-
plains how the stone came into the
house in which lie serves. Master
Franklin Blake. nephew of Lady
Verndcr, had been sent abroad to be
educated. On the day he was expected
home Penelope, Bettercdge's daughter,
observes three Indian jugglers acting
suspiciously. Franklin arrives earlier
than expected. having eludcd n dark
stranger following him in London.
Franklin has the diamond, which has
been willed to his cousin Rachel as a
birthday gift by Colonel Herncastlc.
He puts the stone in n bank. The jug
glers make & secret visit to the house.
Rachel receives the moonstone on her
birthday Among the guests is Mr.
Murthwaite, an Indian traveller. The
next morning the diamond Is missing.
Superintendent Of Police Scegrave Is
called in to investigate, and the three
Indians are imprisoned. Suspicion also
Call
and others. Sergeant Cuff, London
detective. is retained and begins his
work. He is checked, however. when
Rosanna, who Lady Verin1er admits
has had a prison record, refuses te
have her room searched. 1t develops
that Rosanna has visited neighbor
Mrs. Golland, and borrowed tin case
This Sergeant Cuff suspects she has
buried in the swamp secured by two
dog chains, also borrowed. Rosann;
shows signs Of nervousness. Sergeant
Cuff asks that Miss Rachel be kept u
home. He later visits TriZinghall tt
interview the three Indians. On re
turning he sees Il note in which Rosan
IA tells that the quicksand has become
her grave. Sergeant Cuff suspects tina
Miss Nerinder and Rosanna had sc
cret between them relating to the moon
stone. He wants to question her, Du
Lady Vcrinder objects, offering to d
the questioning herself. She writes t
the sergeant that her daughter ant
Rosanna had had nothing between
them, ut the same time dismissin
him. Mr.. Septimus I-uller, dealer il
gems. and Mr.. Godfrey Ablewhite ar
victims of an outrage Both had bee
bound and gagged by evident thieves
Rachel admits she knows who took til
diamond.
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Don't ask me his name! Don't ask me
any more. Don't notice me! Don't
pity me! For Gods sake, go away!'
Zone question, Rachel. Have you
any personal objection to me:'
81! l always liked you. After what
you have just said to me l should be
insensible indeed if didn't respect
and admire you as WE'LL
"Do you know many wives, my dear
Rachel. who respect and admire their
husbands? And yet they and their hlls-
bands get on very we'll. At your age
and with your attractions is 1t possible
for you to sentence yourself to IL single
life? You may marry some other man
some years hence or you may marry
the man. dearest, who is now at your
feet and who prizes your respect ana
admiration above the love of any Other
woman on the face of the earth"
"Gcn,ly, Godfrey. You are putting
something into my head which l never
thought of before. | tell YOU again
am miserable enough and desperate
enough if you say another Woru 10
the warning and go!'
81 won't even rise from my knees
till YOU have said yes.
"If say yes you will repent. and
| shall repent when it is too latc"
Eve shall both bless the day, dar-
ling, when l pressed and when you
yielded"
"you won't hurry me, Godfrey"
"My time shall be yours
"You won't ask me more than l can
give:"
"N1y angel, only ask you to give me
yourself"
Take mc"'
In those two words she accepted
him.
She rose, and, in rising. looked 1ol
the first time toward the little room II
which my martyrdom was going ON.
"Who has drawn those curtains!' she
exclaimed. THE room is close enough
as it is. without keeping the air out OF
it in that way"
She advanced to the curtains. At the
moment when she laid her hand OF
thcm-at the moment when the discoV
cry Of me appeared to be quite inevlta
ble-thc voice of the fresh coloret
young footman, on the stairs, suddenl!
suspended any further proceedings OF
her side or On mine. 1t was unmistak
ably the voice of Il man in great alarm
'Aliss NHchel,' he called out. "Wher
are you, Miss Rachel:'
She sprang back from the curtain
and ran to the door.
The footman came just inside th
room. His ruddy color was all gone
He said: please come downstairs
miss. My lady has tainted, and w
can't bring her to again"
In q moment more I was alone am
free to go downstairs in my turn, quit
unobscrved.
Mr.. Godfrey passed me in the hal
, hurrying out to fetch the doctor. &c
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An Enuauement Is Broken,

TOWARD luncheon time-not for
the sake of the creature COM
forts, but for the certainty Of
finding, dear aunt put OH my
bonnet to go to Montagu square. Just
as l was ready the maid at the lodg-
inys at which l then lived put her
head in at the door and said, Lady
Eerinders Servant, to see Miss ClHck."
lie came in with a large parcel un-
der his arm. When he put the parcel
down it appeared to frighten him.
MY lady's love, miss, and l was to
say that you would find Il letter in
side Having given that message,
the fresh colored young footman sur
prised me ly looking rs if hH would
have liked to run away.
opened the parcel. And what met
lications which had scattered through
the house on the previous day. all re-
turned to me by the doctors orders.
soon after . O'clock l was again on
the field of pious conflict, addressing
more kind inquiries to Samuel ut Lady
Verinder's door.
My aunt had had bad night. She
was again in the room in which l had
witnessed her WILL resting on tho sofa
and trying to get little sleep. said
I would wait in the library Oh tho
chance Of seeing her.
heard double knock at the street
door-a soft. tluttcring, considerate lit
tie knock SamuclS voice below INC
(after apparently answering some ques
tions which l did not hcar) said I'M
mistakably, "Tpstairs, if you please
sir" The next moment l heard foot
steps--a mans footsteps approaching
the drawing room floor.
In the case of any other visitor
should have allowed myself to be dis
covered. But my own self respect
stood in the way of my meeting tho
person who had insulted me by send
ing me back my books. slipped into
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TO MY MOTHER.

IND ever a youth pass by the spot
- Your fragrance, love. made dear
Without a heart leap at the lot
That drew his fancy near?
WAS ever maid of fairy stuff
w Like this in days of old
\ rose already fine enough
Without that heart of gold!
Arthur Upson.
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A Risky Study.

"A Risky study.
"Why have you dropped your popu-
lar astronomy asked the visitor.
"'Cause got too many lickings,"
confded Tommy. "The other night I
told pa that Mars face was ever chang
ing, and ma heard me and thought I
meant her face. Next thing I didn't
get any supper and got a licking be-
sides. .'-Chicago News.
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ACOlunln of
Smiles For
Everybody
A RIVAL.

In Twenty Years Of My Life" Doug
las Sladen, speaking of Mary e. VIII
kins, who was once secretary to Oliver
Wendell Holmes, says:
Il we'll remember the day when
Holmes stopped me in the street in
Boston to say: I have hated rival
My secretary, Mary Wilkins, has just
published novel, a much better one
than l ever wrote"
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81 understand Percy married IN heir
ess."
'"rhats what he understood, too, but
the girls father failed the day after
the Wedding" - St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
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Consolation.

Hub-If business doesn't improve I
shall go crazy. am up to my ears In
debt. Wife - Cheer up, dear. Just
think how much worse it would be IL
YOU were a tall man!-Boston Tran,
script.
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He Proved the Contrary.

II don't see," said she, chow a man
Of forty-seven can retain any ro-
nance"
IT have 5000 copies Of my last one
left,' responded he sadly.-Philadel-
nlia Ledger.
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Child Of His Own Brain.

johnson needn't be mad because the
teacher criticised his boys composition.
The boy will improve"
You don't appear to understand.
Johnson wrote the composition him
self."-Kansas City Star.
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Extra Precautions,

The Debutante-A young man wants
me to send him my picture. Would
that be proper? The Older One-Why'
not? The Debutante-Perhaps, to be
on the safe side, I'd better inclose one
of my chaperon as well.-Puck.
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Work For Mother.

"What's on the carpet today, my,
dear?' asked Mr.. Wombat, who is dow-
cry of speech.
More mud that Johnny has tracked
in, I s'pose," responded literal Mrs.
Wombat.-Judge.
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ALONG the Main Line.

He-The train was so crowded this
morning that couldn't get seat.
She-Goodness, what was the matter?
He-The train was four minutes late
and nobody missed it. Philadelphia
Ledger.
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The Likeness.

"Fatty Mack eats like bird"
"I.ike a bird? Why, he shovels in
his food like an elephant"
Just what l said-takes a peck at
every mouthful." - Baltimore Ameri-
can.
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A Sure Proof.

"The new family who have just
moved in have something in their lives
they want to hide"
"Why do you think SOP"
Because their hired girl is deaf and
dumb."-Baltimore American.
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Mo Chicken,

Lady (recently marrieD DO you
know find it quite hard to remember
my new name?
Her Friend-Naturally, dear. You had
the old one so long, you know.-De-
troit Free Press.
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Both Odd.

She-1sn't Chinaman's queue odd
looking? He-No odder than our way
of spelling it.-Exchange.
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"What do you think of those new
corkscrew gowns the women are Inn
porting from Paris:"
"Corking!"-New York World.
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His Correction.

Teacher-Jimmie, correct this sem
tence: "Our teacher am in sight"
Jimmie-Our teacher am q sight.
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His Busy Days.

"When are you busiest?"
"Whcnever life insurance agents
al!."-EXchaEGe.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1915-08-20

"OWARD luncheon time-not for
the sake of the creature COM
forts, but for the certainty of
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WEATHER NO OBSTACLE.

F7vHE weather tried hard cancel the opening
contest in the big baseball classic which started
yesterday afternoon in Philadelphia but his efforts
failed. In the first place the Philadelphia weather
prophet brought rain the night before the opening
testwhich Pot the field in condition, and then he
brought forth gloomy morning to suppant tho night
OF rain But the fans be denied the chance
Of seeing the two championship contenders action.
Shortly before noon the poked Its head from be-
meath cloud and the National Commission which body
governs theSbig games decided that the opening game
would be played per schedule. Everything possible
was done put the playing field in shape for the
test, and by the time that play called the field
In fairly good condition for the athletes. Estimates
enumber Of people in attendance at the opening clash
vary, but 1t well 10000. There will be larger
number present at the game in Boston, providing the
Red Sox land today's game, for the Boston park
handle more people than the in Philadelphia; and
~ the teams go there with game each, fandom will
DO wild with excitement
Those who witnessed the actual play In Philadelphia
yesterday were not very much ahead of the Farmont
fans who witnessed the game on The West virginlan
scoreboard. Every play made in Philadelphia was
flashed onhs big electric board In front Of The
play in Philadelphia, and the local baseball followers
rooted their fayores just II they sitting
. box seat at the Philly park The West virglnians
electric board was voted by all great and best
service ever given worlds series game in this CITY,
Monday and Tuesday the games will be played in
Boston But you don't need TO so Boston them
Just come to The West virginan office watch
the battle for baseball supremacy
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CHILD. GETS SICK
CROSS, FEVER.|SH
If CONST|PATED
"caIifornia Syrup CT Figs can. harm
tender stomach or bowels.

A laxative today saves sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty
their bowels. which become clogged
up with waste, liver gets sluggish;
stomach sour.
Look at the tongue, mother! II
coated, or your child Is listless, cross,
feyerish, breath bad, restless, doesn't
eat heartily, full OF cold or has sore
throat or any other children's ailmen,,
give teaspoonful OF California
Syrup of Figs" then don't worry, be.
cause It is perfectly harmless, and in
a few hours all this constipation poi.
son, sour bile and fermenting waste
will gently move out of the bowels,
and you have well, playful child
again. A thorough inside cleansing"
Is oftimes all that is necessary. It
should be the first treatment given in
any sickness.
Beware Of counterfeit flg syrups.
Ask your druggist for a 5O.cent bottle
OF California Syrup OF Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
OF all ages and for grown.ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Look carefully
and see that 1t Is made by the Call.
fornia Fig Syrup Company"
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make other switches. The old-stag.
ers see In what he has done the
adoption Of the way a certain dis.
tinguished party who was a prcsidcn.
tial predecessor had of doing; when.
ever the Colonel saw the other fellow
with an issue that looked pretty good
to him, and he decided that he want.
ed 1t fol, his own, he reached over and
prctty-larcenicf 1t. Col. Bryan, Il will
be remembered, charged that time
and again, and doubtless proved it.
But II made no difference TO the fame
and size Of the pluralities OF the foun-
der OF the Ananias Club.
That is what they say here now
that Wilson is doing. He is trying
to steal what thunder his partys op.
ponents have for ncSt years campaign
which may be worth stealing. They
say that he is willing to change his
position on public questions as often
as the political situation seems TO him
to require. He Is willing TO so TO the
extent OF facing his party about on
the tariff question, too, It is the ex.
pressed opinion OF many leading men
here who know ham from a hawk
saw in the national political game.
His back down on the sugar schedule,
which Secretary McAdoo's recon.
mendation as TO that article fore.
shadows, is sign 10 them that he
may go further and fare less worse
by grabbing the whole tariff hog and
consenting to raise of schedules. He
would have some mighty good ex-
cuses for that somersault, they say.
The tariff Is the one fly In the Demo.
cratic ointment. Secretary Redfeld's
'anti.dumping proposal without dis
turbing the existing tariff hasn't been
adopted yet by the administration. II
has met with no pronounced approval
in any official quarter thus far. 1t is
heing pretty generally riddled by the
Republicans as another open comics.
sion of Democratic tariff failure.
Look Out! Anything old may hap.
pen! That Is the attitude OF leaders
OF both parties. Nothing that hap
pens will surprise them. This last
lap OF the Wilson administration has
started of like II was going to be
fraught with many lightning.like
changes, they say.
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XXIASHINGTON NEWS :
GOSSIP 81 s7zEzzs 5z55zs sz5=z

WASHINGTON, D. G., Oct. 9.-Sur.
rrising things are happening with as.
tonishing frequency in and about the
White House these days. Which state.
ment is intended to carry no reference
20 President Wilson's Hymenal inten.
tions. That is his own affair. pri.
yate matter In which the public has.
Of course, a sentimental and curious
interest but which is quite unimport-
ant to public men which an eye on
next years campaign and hand on
q lever OF which party's machinery
they happen to be part Of.
The surprises are the administers.
toms complete rightabout.face Oh
several important issues which loom
big Ia the public eye. There is an
enlarged army and navy, for instance,
nld national preparedness. The Pres
iasnt Is for all of that now-for it
strong. Secretary Daniels is an ar
dent and enthusiastic convert. There
are others. 1t wasn't so in the days
when William ]. Bryan was helping
to run the Wilson administration
The politicians here see in that
switch a brazenly open.and.above-
board theft OF Colonel Roosevelt's
striped candy.stick. The Colonel has
been pounding away on military and
naval preparedness with his custom
ary rough.hewn methods and with a
persistency that told the politicians.
as plainly as the spoken word, that
q. X. was laying the forvdatlon OF an
issue that would be OF great advant'
age to him should the administration
make any breaks. And 1t was as plain
before the propaganda progressed
very far to the President as II was to
his advisers, and to everybody else
whose eyes were wide open, that the
country favored very heartily the Col
onels side OF the argument. The is.
sue was LOADED with dynamite for the
administration, and 1t was as good
politics as 1t was patriotic statesman.
hip to back down on the too proud
70 fight stuff and get in under the
pleasing plea OF preparation for war
10 insure peace So, Bryan being no
longer mutinous officer aboard the
snip Of state, the administration flop.
ped over to what seems to be the
popular side OF the much mooted
question.
And, according to the view OF the
national politicians, this isn't the only
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FAlRvlEw.

John Hupp, OF Marietta, o., visited
Miss Cora Leo Monroe at Fairyiew.
Harry Semore. who has been In Ak.
ron, O., the past summer, has return.
ed to his home hero.
c. ]. Jones, OF the Corbin Grocery
Company, called on his patrons in
Fairriew today.
Miss Sallie Martin returned to her
home here after spending several
weeks at the home OF DR.. Miller, Of
Fairmont.
Mrs. L. L. Morris was called to the
death bed of her sister, Mrs. Rebecca
Hart, of Smithheld, w. Va.
The pupils OF the freshman and
SCI homu;e classes arc giving recep
tion at the auditorium In honor Of the
Juniors, Seniors and teachers.
The teachers OF Fatrview met at the
school this evening TO appoint com.
mittees and discuss plans for the Fair.
view fair. which Is 10 be held here
the 18th and 10th, was postponed
from Sth and 9th.
Mr.. Eastman, of Fairmont, is a bust
ness visitor in Fairview.
Mrs. May Flowers is visiting friends
In Fairmont.
George Weisman and Mr.. clyde
Williams left here this morning for
Tulsa. okla, where they will make
their future homes. Their wives will
join them in about two weeks.
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DROPS DEAD WHILE
. WORKING ON FARM
Thomas B. Nichols of Mo-
nongah Stricken With
Heart Trouble.

Thomas B. Nichols, aged So, dropped
dead yesterday afternoon while at
work on the Thomas koon farm near
Monongah. He was suddenly stricken
with an attack OF heart trouble and
fell, death following almost instantly.
The deceased is survived by one
brother, George Nichols. and two sis.
tiers. Mrs. Florence Koon and Mrs.
Kate Swager, all Of whom reside in
the vicinity OF Monongah.
Funeral services will be held on
Sunday afternoon at 1880 o'clock at
the home OF L. G. Weeks in Monongah.
A special car will convey the funeral
party to Shinnston following the SER
vice where the body will be inferred
In the Masonic cemetery by underta.
ker Harmer and Son of Shinnston.
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German Cures.

In Germany one finds all kinds Of
cures. Every enterprising town has
one. Often the cure house is the I'm.
est public building in the city. A Ger.
man talks Of going to his cure as an
American OF going to his vacation.
There are milk cures and mud cures,
wind cures and water cures, mountain
cures and surf cures; but my choice
Is the forest cure.
Not only does It best please my
personal taste but notice that II gets
the most serious cases-those where
radical and heroic cures are needed.
First Of all there are the tuberculosis
patients strewn about on their cots
under the pungent shades OF the Black
Forest as about DR.. Trudeau's camp in
the Adirondacks.
Then there are the devotees Of In.
digestion and the nervous wrecks, bill
ious, alcoholic and society wrecks,
drug fiends, bridge fends and every.
body; that is everybody who can
spend the time and money to come
hither for the forest cure. Naturally
in Germany. as in America, folks who
have to work and support families
cannot afford to be cured. They can't
even afford the disease in the first
place.-Woman's Home Companion.
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SERVANTS SAVINGS.

A NETWORK woman real estate dealer has been ar
ASrested and held in $4,000 ball on the charge o.
swindlins conhding members of her sex out OF
arge sums of money This is not surprising. Feminine
nancers have been accused of irregular practices
fore But 1t rather unusual hear that among the
alleged victims who parted with thousands of dollars
each were servants engaged in doing housework One
ts said to have lost sSO0O another $1,000 and third
5000.
FewSwage-earners are in better position save mo.
domestic servants. With outlay for board
and room and washing most OF the cash received
be placed in the bank II It necessary TO
draw some later Off clothing and other necessares Thus
possible to estimate ahead with some degree OF &C.
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NO NICHE FOR PAUL JONES.

A MoNG the American personages newly admitted to
n Immortality in the Hall of Fame of New York Uni.
versity are Danl Boone, who well deserves place
there; Alexander Hamilton. Louis Agassiz. Francis
Parkman Mark Hopkins Elias Howe all worthy of the
honor; and Rufus choate Joseph Henry who has to be
identified to this generation scientist" and Char
lotto cushman But again the door is shut John Paul
Jones.
Why is there place for Rufus choate lawyer and
orator though he was and for the hero Of the
American Revolution? Why was "stoncwa' jackson
rejected? Why should Patrick Henry fail of election
while Joseph Henry goes in? Granting the right of the
latter the title of "oremist American physicist of his
tine there is question of the relative popular fame
of the two Americans
Hamilton and Asassiz are now finally included and
John Paul Jones rejected under the rule relating to for
egners settled in America" which necessated second
their candidacy AS respects the claims of the
Commander Of the Bonhommc Richard, there is little
doubt what the decision OF a public vote would be.
Yet the action Of the Hall OF Fame authorities in
Guiding popular heroes like Jones and jackson and
ccpng celebrities of lesser renown perhaps as
much as anything to show that American institute
of immortality is founded the best foreign models.
The French Academy rejected Berenger, Bazac Flau.
bert, Theophe Gaucr, zoa, Alphonzo Daudet and Guy
Maupassan Tested by that precedent the New York
Hall OF Fame in its choice of "immortals is living up
to the highest tradition of such bodies