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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-23


That's why he wrote to me. Old
Circle Jim is my quarry. I've landed
him three times for the chief, and it
looks as if 1 were going to make it
foursome. Jim can't keep out of Jail.
Because he can't keep out of crime.
And he can't keep out of crime on
account of the Red Circle
"The Red Circle" she echoed. "A
circle of anarchists?"
mo. A circle of Jim Borden's A
circle on the back of his right hand.
A circle he gets his nickname from.
A red birthmark, like hoop or ring,
in the flesh of the hand Sometimes
it hardly shows. Sometimes it blazes
an angry crimson. He"
But what has a birthmark got to
do with his being criminal?" asked
the puzzled girl. 81 don't see
Neither do I. But it's true I've
heard some sort of a rigmarole about
this birthmark running through his
family ever so far back, and that when
ever it appears it's a sign Of crimi-
nal. All nonsense, perhaps. I don't
know. But do, know that old Circle
jim Borden is one of the craftiest,
most inveterate criminals in this state.
And If he's out Of prison it means
trouble to the whole community.
There was yarn at headquarters that
the old fox has hiding place some
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-23

"a he passed the crowds outsKlrts'
and who had come up behind nlml
groaned aloud in mortal anguish
seized Ted by the nape of the neck
and forcib1y hauled him away
The watch's owner baWled stop
Thief" and gave chase. The cry was
taken up, as others in the crowd saw
Circle Jim dart nimbly into a by
street, still propel1ing the half-stupe-
tied youth ahead of him.
AS father and son rounded the cor
ner, Max Lamar was crossing the
lower end of the Square. He heard
the cries: saw the chase begin, and
had a f1eeting glimpse of Borden just
before he and Ted disappeared.
The man for whom Max had valniy
been searching all afternoon! Lamar
whipped out a police whistle, blew
shrill blast, then ran at full speed
down the street around whose cor
ner Borden and Ted had vanished.
With Lamar, brace of policemen
and a score of volunteer man-hunters
in hot pursuit, Borden continued his
fight.
OOWu OA0 6L4 co.., c1SAO sSAAOSA~O~
he raced; the pursuit ever within
sound and once Or twice within sight
Into the mouth of an alleyway he
plunged and on till he reached spot
where a poster-decked fence adjoined
the corner of a building.
There was foot or SO of space be-
tween building and fence.
He showed the painting Ted through
this opening; followed; pushed the
'loosened board back in place and
stood an instant to get his breath.
He and his son were in a disused
lumberyard. His hasty glance met no
human being. But that was because
his glance was so extremely hasty and
because his prison-weakened eyes were
no longer so keen as of yore.
For he and Ted were not the yard
only human occupants. The Pirate
King shared their hiding place.
The Pirate King, in private life, was
Ignatius Aloysius McQuaid; intimate
ly known as "Spudsy.'' He was four
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-23

Gle" Jim caroming against clean-cut
young man who had just rounded the
corner toward the gate.
"'Scuse me, Mr. Lamar" began the
guard. "He-"
Jim had recovered his balance and,
disregarding the others, strobe toward
June; muttering angry incoherences.
Lamar, in one double gesture, slipped
his own athletic body between the
two and drew a revolver from his hip
pocket.
He leveled the weapon. at Borden
who instinctively threw up his hands.
AS he did so, the guard pinioned him
from behind.
Here" said Lamar, briskly, as he
pocketed the revolver and pulled out
pair of shining little handouts.
Help me put these on him."
mo! MOI" begged June. 1T was
my fault. Please let him go. Please
dol"
Lamar shrugged his shoulders.
Turn him loose" he ordered the
guard.
And "Circle" Jim scuttled off, down
ZIG SLT00C, 4lh0 u Oul1SI-SIdZcu WILL
Lamar turned to June, raising his
soft hat.
Il hope he didn't brighten you," he
said. Really, you shouldn't have in
terceded for him, just now. If you
had let us arrest him"
I'm glad I didn't" she made an
swer. "And thank you for coming to
my aid, Mr. Lamar. ooh, here is my
mother. 1 want you to meet her."
AS Lamar helped the two ladies into
their car, few minutes later, he had
the joy of hearing June say:
won't you come and see us-and
tell us more about your work?''
Sputtering some half-coherent reply,
the usually cool-headed man stood
staring in foolish happiness after the
car.
With a start he came to himself.
He had fastened to the prison to see
Circle Jim Borden released, and to
follow him. And-all because of one
girl-he had quite forgotten Jim's
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FIRST INSTALLMENT
NEVERMORE!

eff you feel craving to call me
Names" Max Lamar used to say, "call
me horsethief or a mental error or
even a dove of peace. But, unless
you want to start trouble, don't call
me detective. I'm not detective.
am crime specialist.
He had served for years on the
city's crack central Office detective
squad. Then, while he was still I'M
der thirty, he had laid down enough
money and laid up enough reputation
to leave the force and go into bust
ness for himself.
In his office sat Lamar, one spring
morning, trying to coax a sulky cigar
into good behavior and, between puffs,
debating a letter to Edith Hayes, his
stenographer.
A clerk hurried in from the ante
room, laid a special delivery letter on
his chiefs desk and vanished again
into his own domain. At sight of the
envelopes handwriting some of the
unusual laziness left Lamar's face and
manner. At a glance down the single
official sheet of paper as he ripped
IL 4AOuu CAO CAFOAOpO, LAO FCAy 4ooI
trace of Incidence was gone.
Miss Hayes" he said, "the ball
game to day will lack it's most ardent
fan. And never mind finishing that
letter. I'll have to get out of here
Unlocking at his watch-"in just
twenty minutes. I've got to go to
prison"
Mr.. Lamar!" stammered the girl,
still too new in her employers service
to know when he was in earnest.
Its true" he answered. Listen to
this"
He picked up the note and read
aloud:
"Mr. Max Lamar, Crime Specialist.
"My Dear Max: Circle Jim Borden
goes free again at noon today. Since
you entered private practice I have
no one familiar with the methods Of
this master crook. Please keep an eye
on him. RANDOLPH ALLEN,
'Chief of Police"
Il don't understand" said the
stenographer. eff you're in business
for yourself, why should the chief of
police be giving you orders?"
"He isn't. He's giving me chance.
A chance he knows I'd be willing to
pay for with a couple of my eye teeth.
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Big Red Ring!"
hand toward him, so that the pistol
muzzle pressed against his own body
just above the heart.
The same wrench enabled Jim to
force aside the policemans trigger
finger. His own forefnger slipped
inside the trigger guard.
One pressure of the finger and the
shot was fired.
as Jim Borden systematically leaped in
air and staggered backward, a IA
bullet through his heart.
The big body hurtled to the floor
and lay there.
"Circle'' Jim Borden, cornered, had
killed himself.
The officers were reused from the
momentary reaction following their
death battle by the appearance of La
mar, who reeled out of the bedroom,
gush of pungent gas-reek enveloping
him.
In his arms, Max bore lifeless
body. The body of Ted Borden.
Entering the bedroom, Lamar had
been well-nigh overcome by the
fumes of gas that had by this time
turned the tiny place into veritable
asphyxiation chamber.
He had caught up the one rickety
chair and, sitting and dizzy, had
smashed open the window with it.
After leaning out for a moment, to get
back his breath and to steady the
whirling of his brain, he had crossed
to the bed, seized Ted's limp body and
had borne it out to the purer air OF
the next room.
There he laid the boy beside his
father and, kneeling, felt his pulse ana
listened at the narrow chest for souno
Of heartbeats.
Presently he rose, new solemnlty
in his alert eyes. Turning to the t"o
painting officers, he said, very quiet
ly:
"Our work here is done. They are
both dead. 1t is-it is the end of the
Red Circle!"
last report was made. Max Lamars
work of keeping an eye" on Jlm
Borden was finished for all time.
From police headquarters he set Out
toward his own Office. The horror OF
the Red Circle tragedy was SUD
heavy upon him. His own part III
and his narrow escape from death hao
left a mark on his usually STEADY
nerve.
He was tired of gruesome mysteries
He wanted something to take his mlno
off the events of the past two days
June Travis had asked him to Can
He intended to take her at her worn
Just then a limousine that had peer
drawn up beside the curb, just IN from
of him, started off. Carelessly, Lama
glanced at it. He could not see III.
occupants. He had no special desire
to see them. =.
But he was attracted by the sign
Of a woman's hand-white, shapeiy
dainty-that lay carelessly on the SaSN
Of the cars open window.
At first, it was it's beauty that uIo"
Max's notice. But, just at the lnStan,
the limousine whizzed away, ne h@o
a closer look. And startieu
broke from him.
For, wildly clear upon the sno~,
surface of the hanback,, glareo 'nS
Red Circle!
Lamar barely had time, as the o'
vanished in swirl of traffic, TO ca
sight of its number. With sn"h'A
fingers he jotted down in his no''
book: ,,n,
"Cal: 1864. The Red Circle! n'
babbled dazedly, "The Red Clrci0
again."
(END OF FIRST INsTALLMEN1'
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NOVELIZED FROM PATHE PHOTO PLAY OF
THE SAME NAME BY WILL III. RITCF1E1.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
WHY NOT PIGMIES.

There are many more than two
men in Louisiana who would not
cale for the Governor job, even
if it was offered to them on a sill
Yer platter. The number is III
creasing and the roster embraces
the names of many who would I'll
the position worthily. The pygm
politicians are responsible FOR
this, it being well understood thai
they will destroy, for their owl
petty and selfish ends, any chance
the Governor may have of render
ing good service to the state. In
less the Governor is rendered in
dependent Of their little schemes
and interests, Or the pygmies are
driven from public life, Louisiana
must soon be content with Gov
ernor Of their caliber.-American-
Press.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
NEW MENACE FOR ENGLAND

Rotterdam, March 30.-Via
London, March 31.-German
newspapers received here contain
reports Of lecture by Maximil-
ian Harden. editor of Die Zukunft
in which the prophecy is made
that there will be a further ex-
tension Of Germany's submarine
activities.
AS soon as we succeed in ex
tending the radius of action of
our bigger submarines" Herr
Harden is quoted as having said,
"they will be used for the wh hole-
sale laying Of mines. Then Eng
land will find herself surrounded
by new circle of mines and her
mastery Of the sea will be at an
end.
"In every respect Germany can
have confidence after eight
months of tremendous struggle.
Even if some of the present neu-
trails joins the allies it will make
no difference to the real proper
tions Of the conflict
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
FREE BOOK ON STOMACH
ILLS.

Geo. II. Mayr, of 154 Whiting
St, Chicago, H., prominent
druggist, has published a guide
to health. in which he shows he
cured himself and brught relief
to thousands of other sufferers
from constipation. biiiousness, in
digestion and intestinal troubles
by the use Of French healing oils.
One dose usually convinces. The
most chronic cases rarely neei
over three doses. This book viii
be mailed free on request. Mayr S
Wonderful Remedy is sold by
leading druggists everywhere
with the positive understanding
that your money Will be refund
ed without question or quibble i
ONE bottle fails to give you alb
solute satisfaction.
advertisement
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
HOW TO CURE A
CHRONIC COUGH
Told in the Following Letter
by a Jackson Man Who
Knows from Experience.
His Word Is Good.

Jackson, Miss. .-"I am q carpenter,
and the grippe left me not only with a
chronic cough, but | was rundown,
worn out and weak. | took all kinds Of
cough syrups but they did me no good
finally got so weak | was not able to
do day s work, and coughed so much /
was alarmed about my condition. One
evening | read about Vinol and decided
to try it. Before bad taken quarter
of bottle felt better, and after taking
two bottles my cough is entirely cured,
all the bad symptoms have disappeared
and have gained new vim and energy"
JOHN l.. DENNIS, I'll Lynch Street,
Jackson, Miss.
The reason Ninol is SO successful in
such cases is because the active medic
inal principles Of cod liver oil contained
in Vinol rebuilCs wasting tissues and
supplies strength and vigor to the nerves
and muscles while the tonic iron and
wine assist the red corpuscles of the
blood to absorb oxygen and distribute
it through the system, thus restoring
health and strength to the weakened,
diseased organs of the body.
If Vinol fails to help you, We retur-
your money.
John r. Taylor & Bro. New iberia. L.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
Whopping Cough.

Well-everyone knows the ef
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DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-H Honey is /;
remedy which brings quick relic
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
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When you have a cold you want
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Boroff. Elida, Ohio, says. Ever
since my daughter Ruth was
cured Of a severe cold and cough
by Chamberlain s Cough Remedy
two years ago, l have felt kindly
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03

the way:
the fit exponent Of demagogic
rule.
With renewed assurance of my
high esteem, | remain.
Yours very sincerely.
WALTER J. BURKE
Mr.. Pujo's Letter
to Mr.. Burke.
Lake Charles, Mar. 80, ~.
Hon. Walter J. Burke, New be
ria, La:
NV Dear Burke The news ct
YOUR decision not to become Il
candidate for the Governorship,
conveyed to me in your letter oi
the 23rd inst, brings regret and
disappointment to me, and | am
sure will to your friends through
out the State, as | was and am Of
the firm conviction that you would
have been elected.
However, We must abide by
your decision, as every man is
the architect Of his own fortunes,
in all fields of endeavor, and there
are decisions with reference to
certain lines Of action that no one
can render but himself.
Assuring you of my esteem. and
with best wishes for your welfare
and success, | am. with highest
personal regards,
Yours sincerely.
A. =. PuJO.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
MY! WHAT AN "ORFUL'
MISTAKE.

Girls as rule are unusuall,
astute, but one of them made ;
little mistake the other day.
She was suffering with boi
on her knee, and called in 8
young man whom she took to bt
a physician, as he had been pass
ing the house for several week,
with a medicine case" After
modestly showing him the dis
abled member, she asked whai
she should do. "Call a doctor.
responded the young man, am
"a piano tuner!' !''-Florida Parish
es.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
HOME, SWEET HOME

We were lying in the trencBs. .
! All alert, but knew no fen 3.
Though the cannon tod =
| around us
! And the German hosts lay
Days and nights, yet IN,
grumble; -,
Soaked and shivering, OH
pain; Al
But a Tommy out on businss Ar
Isn't given to complain. n,
Suddenly, from out the darklwe {
From the German trenchesnS !,
Came the strains Of chaae
! music ~
Sweetly falling on the eat u
"Home, Sweet Home !" upon |,
cOrnet q,
BY some German fellow phE +
And like magic-in a momertli
Bitterness and strife were q
"Home, Sweet Home I" is brmA
back memories
That midst bloodshed r,
been crushed; II
For the moment buried hstldI &
And the babel Of tori
hushed.
And instead Of sending bulA
We sent back three nu !
cheers,
Though our speech had "brf /
accents"
And our eyes were dimmed I
tears.
Soon the player ceased >
playing,
The grim tragedy was dead
But that night our tongues v
silent
Thoughts, not speech, reip
there instead.
London Daily ~
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
tAaser iseme ent.)

Tangpiahoa parish ponders the
putting forward Of ponderous
candidate for governor in the per
son of Amos L. Ponder of Amite
In all amitv we venture the guess
that the Amite statesman viii
stand amitely slim chance of cap
turing the gubernatoriaI sweep
stakes in competition with field
comprising such entries as Ruffin
Pleasant. Tom Barret and Clar-
,ence Pierson. - Donaldsonville
Chief.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
SENATOR BURKE Nut A
CANDIDATE FOa GOVERNOR

Definite annOunc ement that
Walter J. Burke. of Iberia. will
not be candidate for governor
was given to the public WedneS
day.
The announcement took the
form of correspondence passing
between Mr.. Burke and former
Congressman A. u. Pujo. Mr..
Burke said he had reached the
conclusion that he must devote
his attention to his professional
work and felt it his duty to friends
who were ring him to run to
make his decision known to them.
In the course of his letter he
strong V advocates state con
,ention as supplementary to the
primary, and while praising for
Halls administration points out
that the movement that elected
him has practically gone to pieces.
He expresses the hope that a
strong. broadmlnded, big souled
Louisianian will come to the front
and make the race for governor
and that the state will at least be
spared the infiction of "a politi-
cal nomad, attached to no prlncl
pies "
Here is Mr.. Burke's letter:
MIR. Burke's Letters
To Mr.. Pujo.
New iberia, Mar. %, 10.
Hon. A. p. Pujo, Lake Charles.
La:
My Dear Pujo-I regret that
untoward circumstances prevent
ed me from meeting you durln-
the month Of February as had
been agreed, to discuss with you
and some other friends the sub
iect of my becoming candidate
for the governorship. The accum-
ulation of professional work be
fore and since nv enforced abb
sence from my desk left me no
time for unhampered attention to
matters of o personal nature.
/ realize, that you and mum
Der of others who have been 50
kind as to suggest my name as a .
candidate, coupled with the ten
der Of your valuable support,
should not be encountered in your
political course in the coming
campaign by any indecision on
my part.
| have taken time. however, to
measure my responsibilities III
life and my means of meeting
them. I have concluded that my
duty lies in close attention to my
professional work and that
cannot aim to assume any public
trust which divorces me from it.
That conclusion closes the chap
ter, except as to the pleasure in
eident to the renewed evidence
Of the loyalty Of friends who de
sired to further my fortunes.
trust to be able to join them, un-
hampered by personal ambition, in
working for the better interests
of the state. as we may see them.
Hall Praised, His
Faction Dissipated.
Halls administration. like all
others. has it's limitations. They
have decreased in one direction
and probably increased in anoth-
er. However that be. his term Of
office is characterized by the full
fillment of platform pledges, and
after the disappointments which
are inherent to every such cam
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03
A Cure for Sour Stomach,

Mrs. VIM. M. Thompson, of Bat
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have been troubled with indiges.
tion. sour stomach and bad breath
After taking two bottles Of Cham
berlain's Tablets / am well.
These tablets are splendid-none
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(AAvMtissusaG)
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Whoaevor You NooA . 0oomo j.
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The Old Standard Groves H.
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General Tonic because II eoe1lny =
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Builds mp the Whole Systen. -
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Among the 1929 women y
oners investigated by q gov
ment commission not one cesf
student was found.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1915-04-03

paign as he led will have been for
gotten, it will be recognized as
marking constructive era ii
Louisiana affairs. The TIM
was ripe for a movement to put
III concrete shaps the varioJs an,
divergent theories and policie,
which were part of the public
thought but required some direct.
ing force to bring them together
The movement of which he was
the representative served that
purpose.
1t is unfortunate that such
movements. not in all of their fea-
lures, but at least in those which
have regard to concert of action,
have not in them the element OF
continuity. Such movements are
a means of gathering periodically
all Of the divergent thoughts,
aims, aspirations whatever we
choose to call them J which have
been drifting aimlessly in our po-
litical lives long enough to be
recognized, and make them active
elements Of progl ess.
But while they are the express
sion Of the best effort of our cit
idenship, they are also the prey
of every fanatic, malcontent or
Job-seeker who will strive to ride
the crest, and failing in that
breathes damnation on the cause
it would seem unfortunate that
under present conditions sus-
tanned effort in that direction. is
impossible. We drift immediate
iy into the condition where every
desultory attempt at progression
but makes manifest the need of
some system where united coun-
sci may prevail and still the con
troll Of public affairs safeguarded
from the clutch of the conniving
few.
Strongly Urges
State Convention
The system of primaries pre-
vailing today absolutely prevents
counsel. There is no means by
which the best that there is in our
State can be gathered periodical
ly bearing the commission of the
people and give shape to this, that
or other movement necessary for
the 'betterment of the State. The
primary system was organized as
a protest against the political
control of the State by coteries.
That political control in turn had
been the necessary result Of con-
ditions which anteriorly had to
be fought bv centralized power.
As an unlimited primary sue
ceeded the regime Of centralized
political control when that had
become effete, it appears to me the
time has come when the primary
law should be recast so that while
it will still maintain its force and
power to secure to the citizens of
the State the mastery Of their po-
litical affairs, it will enable them
to bring together in council those
whom they trust so that the best
that there is in every line OF
thought may always be gathered
and in tangible concrete form Of
fered for the consideration of the
citizens. -
The retention Of power in the
people, enabling them to control
the political machinery by which
they express their views or select
their servants, coupled with the