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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-06-25

There WAS something here ht
mdttefed. something which has gone
What's hat Quest your eyes Ale
younger than mine Can you see any
thing underneath that tree
quest peered out into the gray darn
ness
u fancled | saw something moving
In the shadow Of that OAK he nut
tered Wait -"
He crossed the terrace. swung down
on to the path across the lawn over
4 wire fence and into the park itstll
All the time he kept his eyes iiNcd On
certain spot When al last he
reached the tree there Was nothln
there lie looked all around him He
stood and listened for several mo
ments A more utterly peaceful night
or more utter peace II would be- hard
to imagine Slowly he made his way
back to the house
q imagine We are all little neryN
tonight" he remarked. There's moth
Ing doing out there"
They strolled about for a hour OF
more looking into different rooms.
showing their guest the finest pictures
even taking him down into the wonder
full cellars They parted early, but
Quest stood for few moments before
retiring, gazing about him with AN ali
almost OF awe. His great room. az
large as an Italian palace. was III by d
dozen wax candles In silver candle
sticks His four poster was supported
BY pillars of black oak, carved into
strange forms, and surmounted by the
Ashleigh coronet and coat of-arms tie
threw his windows open wide and
stood for moment looking out across
the park. more clearly visible now by
the light of the slowly rising moon
There was scarcely breeze stirring
scarcely sound even from the animal
world. Nevertheless. Quest. too. as re-
luetantly he made his preparations for
retiring for the night was conscious
of that luer sensation OF unimagined
and impalpable danger
40 BE CONTINUED
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The Hut Is on Firel"
sherry We dine ut eight o'clock Ed.
gar. you know your way. The blue
room, OF course am coming up
with you myself Her ladyship back
yet. Moreton?"
Not yet, my lord"
Lady Ashleigh." her husband ex'
planned has gone to the other side of
the county to open bazaar. She Is
looking forward to the pleasure OF vel
coming you at dinner time.
Dinner, served, out OF compliment to
their transatlantic visitor, In the great
banqueting hall. was 10 Quest, espe
clally, most impressive meal They
sat at small round table lit by
shaded lights. in the center OF an
apartment which was large IN reality
and which seemed vast by reason ol
the shadows " hitch lowered around the
unlit spaces From the walls rrowned
traits Ashlelehs In the queer Tudor
costume Of Henry VII Ashlelghs In
chain armor sword In hand, charger
waiting, regardless OF perspective. In
the near distance; Ashlelghs berrllled
and bewigged. Ashleighs IN the court
dress OF the Georges judges, sailors
statesmen and soldiers A collection
or arrlc- which would have gladdened
the eye OF many an antiquarian. was
ranged along the black paneled walls
Everything was In harmony, even the
grave precision OF the sOlemnfaced
butler and the powdered hair OF the
two footmen Quest. perhaps for the
first time In his HE felt almost lost,
hopelessly Out OF touch with his sur
roundings, and struggling inquire.
Nevertheless, he entertained the little
party With many stories, He struggled
all the time against that queer sense
OF anachronlsm which no" and then
became almost oppressive
The professors pleasure at finding
himself once more amongst these la
miliar surroundings wa obvious and
intense The cuuN grsl,tlon between
him and his brother never Ragged
There were tenants and neighbofl 10
be asked after. matters concerning the
estate on which he demanded intor
nation Even the very servants
names he rtmeulb, rcd
1t was queer turn OF fate. George,
he declared us he held out before him
a Wonderfully chased glass Iilled with
amber vine. which stnt you into the
world II few seconds before me and
made you lord VI Ashleigh and me d
struggling scientific man
The world has benefited by II
+ Lord Ashleigh remarked. with more
4 than rraterhal courtesy We hear
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Copyright lsi6. by OTIS 3. WeOd)

Until Craig's father" he admitted
II am afraid must admit that we
come upon bad piece Of family his
tory here. Silas Craig entered the
service Of my father In 1858. rs under
gamekeeper Here we come upon the
first black mark against the name.
He appears to have lived reputably
for some years and then. after q quar-
rel with a neighbor about some trivial
matter, he deliberately murdered him,
crime for which he was tried and
executed In 1867 John Craig, his only
son, entered our service ln 1880, and,
when left England, accompanied me
as my valet"
There was moments silence,
"Lenora and | are sailing tomOr
row. Quest said. I'VE are taking
over the necessary warrants and shall
bring Craig back here for trial"
The professor smoked thoughtfully
for some moments. Then he rose de.
liberately to his feet. He had come
TO decision He announced 1t calm
ly. but irrevocably.
Il shall come with you" he an.
nounced Il shall be glad to visit
England, but apart from that | feel It
to be my duty. owe 1t to Craig to
see that he has q fair chance. and |
owe II to the law to see that he pays
the penalty. IT. indeed. he IL guilty OF
these crimes Is Miss Laura accom-
panylng you. too?"
Quest shook his head
From what the surgeons tell US. !"
he said. 1T will be some weeks before
she Is able to travel At the same
time, must tell you that am glad OF
your decision. professor
1T Is my duty" the latter declared
II cannot rest In this state OF uncer
tainty II Craig 10 lost to me. the
sooner | face the fact the better Al
the same time l will be frank with
you. Notwithstanding all the accumu
lated pile OF evidence ! feel In my
heart the urgent necessity Of seeing
him face to face Of holding him BY
the shoulders and asking him whethel
these things are true We have faced
death together Craig and l. We have
done more than that-we have court
ed 1t. There is nothing about him
can accept from hesrsay, ] shall &
with you to England. Mr. Quest
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The Unl,,storie Acts.

Her full nature, like the iiveI OF
witch Alexander broke the strength,
spent itself Ia channels which had 10
great name on the earth But the er'
feet of her being on those around
her was intellectually ditfusiye. for the
growing good OF the wcrld is partly
dependent on unhistoric acts and
chat things are not 80 III with YOU aud
me as they might have been is half
owing to the number who lived faith
FULLY a hidden life, and rest IN un-
visited tombs George Eliot
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SYNOPSIS.

Sanford Quest. master criminologist OF
The world. finds that In bringing TO JUS.
tice Macdougal. the murderer Of Lord
Ashleigh's daughter. he has but just be-
gun life and-death struggle with a
mysterious master criminal, In Il hidden
hut In Professor Ashleigh's garden he has
Seen an anthropoid ape skeleton ana
living inhuman creature, half monkey,
hair man. destroyed by fire. In his rooms
have appeared from now here black boxes.
one containing diamonds torn from Il
lovely throat by IL pair OF armless, threat
ening hands, both with sarcastic, threat
ening notes. signed by the inscrutable
hands. Ills valet. Ross Brown, ana a
caller. Miss Quigg, are murdered IN ms
rooms. Laura and Lenora, his assistants,
suspect Craig. the professors valet. l.e-
nora. abducted by the threatening hands.
IL rescued Quest traps Craig. loses MIN,
traps him again In the house where Le-
nora was imprisoned, and loses him yet
again after a thrilling chase. The black
boxes continue to appear In uncanny
fashion with their notes of sarcasm. warn.
ing and suggestions of clues. all signed
by the lnhuman. armless hands.
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CHAPTER XIX.

The professor rose from his seat In
some excitement as the carriage
passed through the great gates Of
Hamblin park. He acknowledged
with a smile the respectful curtsy OF
the woman who held 1t open.
you have now An opportunity. my
dear Mr. Quest" he said. of appre-
ciating one feature OF English life not
entirely reproducible in your own
wonderful country. mean the home
life and surroundings Of our aristoc.
racy. You see these oak trees?" he
went on, with little wave Of his
hand. They we're planted by my an
cestors In the days Of Henry VIII. l
have been student of tree life In
South America and In the dense for
ests Of central Africa, but for real
character, for splendor OF growth and
hardness. there ID nothing In the
world to touch the Ashleigh oaks"
They're some trees" the crlminol-
ogist admitted.
you notice. perhaps. the small
ones, which seem dwarfed Their
tops we're cut of by the lord OF Ash
leigh on the day that Lady Jane Grey
was beheaded. Queen Elizabeth heard
Of II and threatened to confiscate the
estate. Look at the turf. my friend.
Ages have gone to the making of that
messy, velvet carpet
where's the house," Quest In
quired
"A mile farther on yet. The woods
part and make u natural avenue past
the bend OF the river there" the pro-
fessor pointed out Full Of trout. that
river, Quest. How used to whip that
stream when ] was boy"
They swept presently round bend
In the avenue Before them on the
hillside surrounded by trees and with
a great walled garden behind. was
Hamblin house. Quest gave vent to
little exclamation OF wonder as he
looked at 1t.
This Ia where you've got US beat
sure" he admitted. Our country
places are like gewgsw palaces com
pared to this. Makes me kind o.
sorry." he went on regretfully. 'thal
| didn't ering Lenora along"
The professor shook his head.
You were very WISE" he said. M
brother and Lady Ashlelgh have reco'
cred from the shock OF poor Lena
death In a marvellous manner, be
lieye. but the sight OF the girl nigh
have brought II back to them. Yol
have left her with friends. | hope. MI
Questf'
She has an aunt In Hampstead.
the latter explained. Il should hay
liked to see her safely there my
self. but We should have been II
hour or two later down here. and
tell YOU" he went on. his voice gathsl
ing note almost Of ferocity. "rn
wanting to get my hands on that fe'
low Craig! wonder where they'r
holding him"
AT the local police station. | e,
pect." the professor replied m
brother Is magistrate. Of course, an
he would see that proper arrang'
ments were made There he IL at th
hall door"
The carriage drew up before tn
great front u moment or two late
Lord Ashleigh came forward with gu
stretched hands. the genial smile
the welcoming host upon his lips.
HIS manner, however. there was 3 di
tinct note Of anxiety.
Edgar, my dear fellow" he g
claimed. Il am delighted! WELDON
back to your home! Mr., Quest, ! al
very happy to see you here. You ha'
heard the pswS, Of sourssG-
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Humility Of knowledge.

The ignorant Imagine the learned,
whom they have never seen, To be al
ways talking In dark sentences and
fine language, the simplicity and hui
mility of real knowledge-of a Sit
Isaac Newton--passes their under
STANDING, -Catherins Stanley.
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COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCES PRIZES
TEL EPHoNE TO ANY MEMBER
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS
ABOUT EVENT

Among the many events of the 4th
of July celebration the parade will
Command first attention This is where
everyone can be seen and everyone
has a chance to win a prize This
event will take place Monday morn
ing, the 9th, at 10 o'clock. A great
many prizes will be given away. Fol-
lowing is list agreed upon by the
committee: Float, first prize 500,
second $40. The parade committee
has discretionary power to give nu-
cleus to each float entry. Phone one
OF the committee and get the facts.
Bfst decorated automobile, $25; sec.
ond. SIS; third. SO. Best decorated
delivery wagon, provided there are
eight entries, first, $40: second. So
Best decorated baby gocart, first. SO;
second, 81; third. 81. And every lit,
Il girl in the contest will receive a
Gin of some value Best decorated
burro cart, first prize, IS; second,
81 90. Best decorated bicycle, first,
81: second. $3.50; third, 81 For rur.
tier information phone one of the
committeemen-Cayanaugh, Evans OF
Bayless.
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PERSONAL

JACK FRENCH and family lefi
his morning by auto on a visit 70
Twin Falls, Idaho.
JAMES BROMLEY departed this
morning for Fresno. where he goes on
a health seeking trip.
PROF J. f. SPUR, director il
charge of work for the Tonopah Min
ing Company OF Nevada, left this
morning for the coast
J. H. EVANS. United States com
missioner. left today for Seattle and
Denver. He expects TO be absent a
month.
MISS HARRY JAMES. who had
been visiting her sister. Mrs. Joe Ken.
nison. for the past month, returned u
her home at Los Angeles today
S. 5. WHITMAN. wife and son de
parted today for yisalia, Cal. From
there they will auto to their home ii
Maine.
MRS. THOMAS LINDSAY. VIII,
had been visiting on the coast for tn,
past month, returned to Tonopah Thu
morning.
BARNEY MCMAHON was a passeu
ger this morning for San Francisco.
R r. ROCKFORD. the Blair drug
gist, arrived in Tonopah this morn
ing.
JOHN GREGORY, cashier of tn
Tonopah Banking corporation, re
turned this morning from the coast
where he autoed with his family las
week. He came back by train.
JAMES BROWN OF Brown, TER
< Woodruff of Salt Lake, passe
through Tonopah yesterday with hi
family by auto They were on thel
'eturn to the City OF Saints.
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BUTLER rHEATER

Today the concluding chapters of
THE Exploits of Elaine" This cpl
sode is full of thrills, intrigue, plot
and counterpart, and is dominated
throughout by the magnetic personal
ity of the charming Elaine Dodge. In
the last episode Craig Kennedys mar
yelous invention. a super-force torpe-
do TO reyolutionize warfare. has been
stolen Kennedy himself has disap-
peared. although Elaine has note
from him begging her not to grieye
whatever happens for he is safe,
Elaine's dog digging in a plot OF
palms unearths. the lost torpedo and
carries il TO the attic where he drops
T ii behind a trunk. Elaine Is then
suspected by Washington secret
service man of stealing the torpedo
which makes it interesting for her
The fable of 1.-THE Highroller and the
Dizzy Blondine," a George AIDE com
edy. something that will make you
laugh. The Master of the Sword,
drama Tomorrow Mrs. Leslie Carter
who plays the lead in George Kleine's
beautiful six-part film, "Du Barry.
from the famous play. wears a mum
Der of expensive gowns that are sur,
10 attract comment by the feminine
portion of the audience Overture 10
today. Roland. BY r scnlepegre,--
Adv.
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MISS FRASER LEADS
IN VOTING CONTEST
NO INDICATIONS YET WHO WILL
BE THE GODDESS OF
LIBERTY

Leaping from fourth place to first.
Miss Lena Fraser is again in the lead
in the race for the coveted prize, the
heralding as Goddess OF Liberty In
the Fourth of July celebration, TO
whom will be given the place of hon
or at each of the events on the pro
gram The voting is now progressing
more rapidly than at first and the IN
dieations are for a whirlwind finish
II is possible. even probable. that a
dark horse will loom up between now
and the closing of the polls that will
make tina leaders wish that they ana
their friends had put forth more
strenuous efforts. Mrs. Hunt and her
assistants, who have the Goddess OF
Liberty arrangements in their charge.
are receiving many congratulations
for the efficient work they are doing,
Following is the vote at the count
made last evening:
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FREE BALL AND
PRIZES BESIDES
HOW CELEBRATION WILL
COME TO CLOSE
ELEVEN PEOPLE AND GROUPS TO
SHARE IN LIBERAL
AWARDS

II would seem like carting Goals TO
Newcastle to offer prizes for those
who excel in splendor and originality
of costume al the mardi gras ball, foI
the delight Of the excellent floor. the
dazzling Nominations, the music of
nine-piece orchestra, the spirit Of jol
lily that will mark the grand costume
BAH with which the Fourth of july
celebration viii come to a close. par
tieulsrly as it is free. should seem L.
he a sufficient reward for endeavor L.
excel. But the committee plans T.
add these prizes as an incentive to
originality in characterizing and 70
elegance Of attire.
The distribution OF the 500 II
prizes has thus been made by Ale
Dewar. the Poobah Of the street spec.
taele and ball,
To the lady in most fancy costume
1915; second choice. $3.50 Gentleman
in most fancy costume. SIS; seconS
choice. $3.50. Most original lady char
acter. SIC: second choice. IS. Mos
original gentleman character, $40
second choice. IS. Best sustaine'
group, SIZE. Best sustained gentle
man, SIS. Best sustained lady, IS.
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ADJUSTMENTS
PAsTIME THEATER

owing TO an error in shipment hay-
ing again been made by the film ex-
change, the Pastime will be dark to-
night. However, tomorrow an excep-
tionally good picture viii be shown,
entitled, "A Daughter OF the People"
This will be the last show at the Pas
time under the management of Mr..
Warren, who has sold the business to
Mr.. Smith of the Butler. The picture
tomorrow is a Dyreda Art film, pro-
duced by the World Film corporation.
Arthur Stillman, millionaire mill own
er, ruins the town of Rockton by clos
ing his works. But he consents TO
reopen them on the plea of Dell Ham.
ilton, a beautiful mill worker. If she
viii agree to marry him. She does
so, thereby renouncing Sam Lloyd
her workman sweetheart In her lux
urious surroundings Dell discovers
after a time, that she is not legally
married to Stillman When she goes
back to the mill. the girls scorn her
so does her family, so does San
Lloyd, who has chosen another gin
Meanwhile, Arthur Stillman has fai
len genuinely in love with Dell, an,
she with him. and they are made haT
lpy by a genuine marriage ADV.
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FAMILY PARTY IN
AN OVERLAND TOUR
SAY ROAD VIA TONOPAH is A
DELIGHTFUL ONE TO
TRAVEL

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Kitzinger and their
family, consisting of Helen, Morris.
Franklin and Staly, and their chauf-
ieur arrived last evening from Yonk-
ers, New York, and stopped for a day
at the Mizpah. They were greatly
pleased with Tonopah and regretted
that their schedule made it impe,-
alive for them to continue on without
further delay. Mr.. Kitzinger said:
We came via Ely and found the
journey, particularly across Nevada,
very pleasant indeed. We were II
hours from Ely and could have negoti-
ated the distance in much less time,
but We had tire trouble. The road is
excellent and there is little dust or
other discomfort. We will advise our
friends to come this way when cross
ing the continent"
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AIRpoME

RIP Van Wrinkle" the old story
with which everyone is so familiar.
will be seen at the Airdome tonight
and tomorrow as a five-part comedy
drama The story in brief is; Rip
Van Wrinkle is a happy.go-lucky sort
of fellow whose wife, Gretchen,
makes a scant living for herself and
daughter Meenie by washing. Rip is
quite a favorite about the village, es.
pecially with the children, ana once
at a dance Gretchen catches him en-
bracing one of the young girls and
drives him out into a storm. Rip tax
ing with him his little Meenie and
her little friend Heinrich A terrible
lightning storm RACES and Heinrich
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BOXING CARNIVAL
ON FIFTH OF JULY
GRAFTON AND MALONE PRINCE
PAL EVENT AT THE AIRDoME
MONDAY AFTERNOON

Tonopah will have a boxing carni.
val on July 5th. Jack Bratton and
Frank Malone were signed up last
night to box the 1Oround main event
at the Airdome Bratton is well
known 10 the fans here. Malone is
a newcomer from Oakland, Cal. who
has fought some OF the best men in
The game. and is a mighty tough boy
TO tackle
The special event will bring to
gether Mig James of Leadville. Colo
and Slick Merrill of Tonopah They
are middleweight boxers. James has
fought some good men and should
give Slick the battle of his life
Herb White and Gus Rainier. both
OF Stockton, Cal. and who have beer
with US for a few weeks, will box q
four-round exhibition as an opening
attraction. They are both classy boy:
and have fought some of the best
men on the coast White is as good
lightweight as there is in the game
Malone is training every day at 2:St
p. m. at the Northern Bar. All fans
are invited to witness his workouts
Bratton has been and will continue
TO train for the next few days at the
gymnasium at $3.50 p. m.
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tells Meenie 1t Is HendTlck Hudson
and his crew, who live high in the
mountains, rolling tenpins. Rip ven
lures home again, and when he breaks
his promise to his wife regarding
drinking she orders him to leave the
house forever He again returns to
the mountains with his dog Sehnei
der, and seeing a little dwarf wrest
ling a large cask up the mountain
side. offers to carry ii for him. They
finally reach Hendrick Hudson's camp
where Rip is induced to drink some
of the liquor and falls into twenty
years sleep. The events which fol.
low are too numerous to mention, pur
the story ends as it should and in the
end all are reunited and live hap
PLY ever after" First show, 1880
Admission and 10 cents.-Adv.
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RICH ORE OPENED
IN SYLvAN|TE SHAFT

C. ]. Corr. one of the pioneers OF
Sylyanite, who came in from camp
last evening. brought news OF spleen
did development in the Weisse & Rid
dell property. At depth of 50 feet
the pay streak in the ledge had wild
ened to about foot. The rock is
richer than it was on the surface and
samples can be taken that will run,
ii Is estimated, dollar pound Mr.
Corr is arranging TO start heavy work
on his property. which adjoins the
original strike,
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OFFICIAL PROGRAM

Following official program Of the Fourth Of July eeebra
adopted last evening meeting of the committee
held AT he Alizpah hotel:
July 81 in the evening at the Court of Patriotism inter
Bougher Main the Tonopah Military
Illumination Fifteenth ball Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners Miners Union hall
July fl Hall Liquor house Butler building
children sports upper Main p patriotic
Airtome by United States Pittman
p band concert $50 p. m display of fireworks
july 80 M parade, II 30 first aid
Main of Brougher Beginning 30
matnee in Butler and Pastme theaers for children
boxing carnival at Airdome gras parade 9:15
band concert in Court of Patriotism p M costume ball il
Airdome.
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WAITING FOR PINloN

The new plant of machinery for the
Tonopah Cash Boy has been installed
and would have been in operation 10.
day, but for small but very neces.
sary pinion that was missing from the
1t has been ordered by
Wire and is expected here tomorrow,
when the wheels will start turning
again.
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Or. RICHARDS MADE DELEGATE

DR.. C. J. Richards of Tonopah this
morning received from Governor
Boyle the executive appointment as
delegate from Nevada to the third an
nual conference OF the Mississippi
Valley Conference on tuberculosis,
which meets at Indianapolis Septem-
Der 29-October /. DIR. Richards has
not yet decided whether he will be
able to attend the conference, but
win do so II possible.
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership existing between John Z.
Brown and Nick vukasinovich doing
business at the Slope saloon, Main
street, Tonopah. Nevada, has been
dissolved. Nick vukaslnovich is now
sole proprietor. He will pay all debts
and collect all moneys due from said
business.
Tonopah, Nevada, June 26, 1915.
NICK vUCASINOVICH.
J28-J9-10t