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erything that Elaine had unpacked.
Then he began on the little writing
desk, the dresser and the bureau draw.
ers. A subtle smile flashed over his
face as he came to one drawer that
was locked. He pulled a sectional
Jimmy from his coat and forced it
| open.
There lay the precious torpedo.
The man clutched at it with a look
Of exultation. Without another glace
at the room he rushed to the window,
seized the rope and pulled himself to
the roof, going as he had come.
1t did not take me long to unpack
the few things had brought and l was
soon back again in the living room.
where Aunt Josephine Joined me in q
| few minutes.
Just as Elaine came hurriedly down
the stairway and started toward me.
Del Mar entered from the porch She
stopped. Del Mar watched her close
ly. Had she found anything? He was
sure of it.
Her hesitation was only for a mo-
ment, however. Walter" she said,
may 1 speak to you a moment? Elk.
cuse US, please?
Aunt Josephine went out toward the
back Of the house to see how the
servants were getting on. while I fol-
lowed Elaine upstairs. Del Mar with
bow seated himself and opened his
magazine. No sooner had We gone,
however, than he laid 1t down and eau
tiously followed us.
Elaine was evidently very much ex-
cited as she enterd her dainty little
room and closed the door. Walter"
she cried, i've found the torpedo"
We looked about at the general dis
order. why" she exclaimed nerv.
ously, someone has been here-ard
locked the door. too"
She almost ran over to her bureau
drawer. 1t had been jimmied open in
the few minutes while she was down
stairs. The torpedo was gone. We
looked at each other, aghast.
Behind us, however, we did not see
the keen and watchful eyes of Del
Mar, opening the door and peering in.
Perhaps half a mile down the road,
the farmer abandoned his hayrack
and now. followed by his peculiar dog,
walked back. He stopped at point
in the road where he could see the
Dodge house in thea distance, sat on
the rail fence and lighted a blackened
corncob pipe.
There he sat for some time appar-
emily engrossed in his own thoughts
about the weather, the dog lying at
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

fire has got enough Roadway for him
to see the smoke he gives the alarm,
and the engines dash out. The specta-
tor Is amused. not SO much at the dash
a. at the engines. They are primitive
and the use of them is more 80.
We went to q fire one. Sunday after
noon in Irkutsk, Richard l. Wright
says in Through Siberia" 1t was
close to our hotel. 20 that We had an
excellent view. First came . troika
team that dragged hook and ladder
carriage. On the carriage chung the
fremen. ;iowling Cossacks with brass
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

worked its way half from the man.
pocket. The farmer seized it. Thu
man fell back, limp, and the farmer
with the torpedo in one hand, graspet
at the gun on the ground and straight
ened up.
He had no sooner risen than thu
man was at him again. His uncon
sciousness had been merely feigned
! The struggle was renewed.
At that point. the hedge down the
road parted and Del Mar stepped out
A glance was enough to tell him wha
was going on. He drew his gun ant
ran swiftly toward the combatants.
As Del Mar approached, his mar
succeeded in knocking the torpedo
from the farmers hand. There it lay
several feet away. There seemed to
be no chance for either man to get it
Quickly the farmer bent his wrist
aiming the gun deliberately at the
precious torpedo. AS fast as he could
he pulled the trigger. Five Of the si1
shots penetrated the little model.
So surprised was his antagonist that
the farmer was able to knock him out
with the butt Of his gun. He broke
away and fed. whistling on a police
whistle for the dog just as Del MAI
ran up
Del Mar stopped and picked up the
model 1t had been shot into an un
recognizable mass of scrap. In fury
Del Mar dashed it on the ground, ours.
ing his men as he did so.
The strange disappearance of the
torpedo model from Elaine's room
worried both of us. Doubtless II Ken.
nedy had been there he would have
known just what to do. But we could
not decide.
Really" considered Elaine, 81
think we had better take Mr.. Del Mar
into our confidence.
"Still, we've had a great many warn.
ings." objected.
Il know that" she persisted, but
they have all come from very unre-
uaDl0 sources.
VERY WELL" I agreed finally, then
let's drive over to his bungalow"
Elaine ordered her little runabout
and a few moments later we climbed
into 1t and Elaine shot the car away.
AS we rode along, the country
seemed SO quiet that no one would
ever have suspected that foreign
agents lurked all about. But it was
just under such a cover that the ne
farious bridge and harbor mining work
ordered by Del Mars superiors was
going ahead quietly.
AS our car climbed a hill on the
other side Of which, in the valley. was
bridge, We could not see one of Del
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Mars men in hiding at the top. He
saw us. however, and Immediately
wigwagged with his handkerchief to
several others down at the bridge
where they were attaching q pair of
wires to the planking.
Someone coming" muttered one
who was evidently lookout.
The men stopped work Immediately
and hid in the brush. Our car passed
over the bridge and we saw nothing
wrong. But no sooner had we gone
than the men crept out and resumed
work which had progressed to the
point where they were ready to carry
the wires Of an electric connection
through the grass. concealing them as
they went.
In the study of his bungalow, all
the time, Del Mar was striding angrily
up and down, while his men waited In
silence.
Finally he paused and turned to one
Of them. "See that the coast Is clear
and kept clear" he ordered. Il want
to 60 down"
The man saluted and went out
through the panel. A moment later
Del Mar gave orders to the other man
who also saluted and left the house by
the front door, Just as our car pulled
up.
Del Mar, the moment the man was
gone, put on his hat and moved to-
ward the panel in the wall. He was
about to enter when he heard some
one coming down the hall to the study
and stepped back, closing the panel.
1t was the butler announcing US.
We had entered Del Mars bunga-
low and now were conducted to his
library. There Elaine told him the
whole story, much to his apparent sur
prise, for Del Mar was q wonderful
actor.
You see," he said as she finished
telling of the finding and the losing
OF the torpedo. lust what had
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

his feet. Now and then he looked
fixedly toward Dodge Hall.
Suddenly his vigilant attention
seemed to be riveted on the house
He drew q field glass from his pocket
and leveled it. Sure enough, there
was a man coming out Of a window,
pulling himself up to the roof by q
rope and going across the rooftree
He lowered the glasses quickly and
climbed on the fence with a hitherto
unwonted energy.
Come. Searchlight," he called to the
dog, as together they moved OF quick
ly in the direction he had been look
ing.
Del Mars men were coming through
the hedge that surrounded the Dodge
estate just as the farmer and his dog
stepped out in front of them from be-
hind thicket.
"Just a minute" he called. Il want
to speak to you"
He enforced his words with a VI
SAOuo lOOhlA6 6uus IL wan tWO W Ou0
and they closed with him. Before he
could shoot, they had knocked the gun
out Of his hand. Then they tried to
break away and run.
But the farmer seized one Of them
and held him. Meanwhile the dog de-
veloped traits all his own. He ran in
and out between the legs Of the other
man until he threw him. There he
stood, over him. The man attempted
to rise. Again the dog threw him and
kept him down. He was a trained Bel
gian sheep hound, a splendid police
dog.
"Confound the BRUTE" growled the
man, reaching for his gun.
AS he drew it, the dog seized his
wrist and with a cry the man dropped
the gun. That, too. was part of the
dogs training.
While the farmer and the other man
struggled on the ground, the torpedo
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

helmets TANNED down over their ears,
who carried in one hand-how the
symbolism would have stirred the
heart Of notwithstanding torches.
Behind the hook and ladder was the
hose cart and then came q hand en-
CINE Of the type our grandfathers used
to drag to fires. After that, for two
blocks. filed q queue Of water-filled
hogsheads on wheels. The cavalcade
passed NJ in . cloud Of dust accom-
panied by the. yells of the torch-bear-
ing aremen. When the supply OF W.
ter ran out the carts dashed dow
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, river and were replenished.

the river and were replenished.
This crude high pressure service
gave rise once to q rather humorous
incident that the Irkutskians tell with
great glee. During q fire several
years ago q string Of water wagons
went down to the river. were filed
and came rumbling back When they
reached the fire. the water was gone.
The enthusiastic captain of hogsheads
had neglected to put back the plugs in
the barrels and had spilled his supply
for several blocks along the main
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22
HINTS FOR The COOK
SOME BETTER WAYS OF DOING
KITCHEN WORK.
How To Do Away With lumps In
Making coeoa-To Keep Rice and
Macaroni From Becoming
Mushy.

Instead of mixing cocoa with boiling
water to dissolve It before putting II
into the cocoa pot. try mixing the dry
cocoa with an equal amount OF granu-
| lated sugar and then pouring 1t into
the boiling water in the pot. stirring
all the while. This does away with
the Jumps that usually have to Do
fused over and also mussy cup.
The kettle should be given frequent
baths. else lime and other salts will
settle on the bottom. which may then
be dissolved OF into the boiling water,
making It hard"
To heat water very quickly set
broad. fiat saucepan over the fire and
cover to keep in steam.
A small uncovered board. about
the size Of rolling board for pas
try. is invaluable for setting hot
dishes. pots. ETC.. upon. This preserves
the kitchen table top. and leaves room
on the stove for other things.
To prevent a roast from becoming
fat soaked, set II upon q rack In the
roasting pan. But keep the surface
Of the roasting pan covered with fat
to prevent II from burning. Fat 10
better used here than water. as water
utterly changes the character OF the
meat
Cold meats may be attractively
served by removing first all gristle.
bones and skin and excess fat and
then cutting into thin strips or slivers.
Warm indirectly by pouring over the
meat any desired hot sauce.
To keep every grain of rice separate
and distinct, cook It in q pot of rapid
ly boiling water with the lid on.
Cooked in a double boiler with the lid
on makes the rice mushy. Macaroni
should be cooked same as rice.
To soften hard tissue of dried vege-
tables like peas. beans and lentils,
cook in soft water. Otherwise add
baking soda to ordinary water In the
proportion of one teaspoonful to two
quarts of water.
II string beans are not freshly gath
cred from the garden. 1t will improve
them to prepare them for cooking.
then let them stand for an hour or
more in cold water before applying
heat
Dried apples. apricots. prunes. etc..
should be soaked overnight in cold
water before cooking, SO as to
plump" them and soften the dried
tissue.
Try caramel sugar" as a dressing
for mush. griddle cakes. sauces for
puddings. icing for cakes. etc. This
Is made by cooking the sugar in q
pan until It browns nicely or makes
caramel. This may be made into a
strip by the addition of water and
bottled for future use.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22
Missionary's Good Work.

DR.. Frederick Evans, who has final
ly completed his revision of the Arabic
Bible. having toiled at the task slnce
1908. Is an American missionary sta
toned at Beirut. He il now oversee
ing the preparation Of the book plates.
He was born at Rockdale. Penn. grad
uated from Princeton in 1883, and
from Union Theological seminary i've
years later. That same year he was
ordained Q Presbyterian minister. He
became Q touring missionary, and
made journeys Of exploration into the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

Remove the skins Of the grapes,
put the pulp in q stewpan and bring
It to the boiling point; let II simmer
for five minutes; force 1t through .
Etrainer to remove the seeds and ada
the skins to the pulp. There should
be one and one-half cupfuls. Nix two
cupfuls Of sugar, few grains Of salt
and two tablespoonfuls of -four.
When blended thoroughly add two
eggs well beaten and one tablespoon
full Of melted butter. Put between
crusts and bake.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

The juice and grated rind Of one
lemon. one cupful Of sugar, the yolks
Of two eggs, three well-rounded table
spoonfuls Of flour. one pint Of milk.
Mix the -four and part of the milk to
a smooth paste. add the lemon. sugar,
yolks Of eggs well beaten and rest Of
milk Line baking dish with rich
pastry rolled about one-Quarter inch
thick. Bake in good oven. Bea. whites
to stiff froth. add two tablespoonfuls
of sugar, spread over the top return
to oven to brown. Serve cold.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22
Picked Walnuts.

Wipe 100 walnuts. prick with large
needle and put them in q Jar. sprin-
king as you lay them in with the fol-
lowing spices. mixed: Gloves. all
spice. nutmeg. whole pepper and
sliced ginger. of each an ounce; one
half pint mustard seed, four cloves 6f
garlic and q stick of horse radtsh.
Then add two tablespoonfuls Of salt
and sufficient boiling vinegar to cover
the whole. Cover the jar and tio
closely.-Mother's Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22
FIRE FIGHTING IN IRKUTsK
Department Answers Alarm In Good
oid-Fashlensd Style, and Accom-
plIshes Little.

They fight fires in peculiar way in
Siberia. First you ind the fire. The
city u plated into districts. each with
IT. engine house and watch tower. On
the watch tower. BY day and night,
stands . guard who scans the house
.tops for sign Of smoke. When the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

trans-Jordan country and Arabia for
two years. Since 1900 he has virtual
~ made his home at Beirut. and has
issued many books and pamphlets In
Arabic. With Prof. william Libbey
he is the co-author Of the work, "Jor-
dan Valley and Petra" His latest
book ia From the Nile to Nebo. .
Discussion Of the Problem and Route
Of the Exodus"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22
Frosted Peaches.

Select firm. good peaches. Rub care
fully to remove fuzz. Beat the whites
of six eggs. with q scant cupful Of
water. Dip the peaches in this. then
roll in powdered sugar. lay on paper
in sun to dry. Repeat until there b
thick coating Of the sugar around the
peach. II entirely covered, these win
keep for a long time. and this u .
favorite English method Of preparing
peaches.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

s'asss 0bo 0WCCS IOt0xOS0s
A delicious meat dish can be mads
by baking ham and sweet potatoes to-
gether. Grease the bottom of a round
baking dish, and place a slice of ham,
about one-half inch thick. in 1t. Pep
per the ham and sprinkle few cloves
over the meat. Then spread mashed
sweet potatoes over meat, about an
inch and half in thickness. Put but
ter. salt and pepper on potatoes, add
another slice of ham. another layer
OF potatoes, and top OF with q third
slice OF ham. Bake in q rather hot
oven for half an hour, or until the
meat Is tender. Serve hot, meat and
potatoes together. This il an excel
lent dish for late summer and fall
Farm Life.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

This year when you are making
plum Jelly. try this plan:
Get some fresh mint, and while the
jelly is cooking. add some Of the mint
leaves to it. Pour the jelly into the
glasses so that . few leasss are IN
each. The mint gives . favor and
point to the Jelly that makes II sspe-
cially delicious with roast lamb a.
other meat.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-22

The weight Of the dome of st. Paul's
70 $4,000 tons, according to Mervin Ma
cartnay. the restoration architect
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-04
GRACE CHURCH MOVIES

Movies will be staged at Grace
church, Locust and LaSalle sts., here
after on Sunday evenings. Pastor
Elmer L. Williams believes many
more people will come to see his
movies than came to hear his ser
mons. He tried the stunt last night
and it went so well there was $102
in the collection box. He started off.
with Oriental educational movies, but
intimates that Charley Chaplin may
soon be screened,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-04

this country, must suffer.
Mrs. Resta's own brother, young
Spencer Wishart, was killed in a race
at Elgin, Ill, two years ago. Yet, a
few months later she eloped with Da-
rio Resta.
81 just pray that fate will be kind
to Dario," she says, 'and, of course,
1 can do nothing but trust in it,
German forces have been engaged
by the French in the Belgian Congo.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-04
WAR NEWS OF ONE YEAR AGO
TODAY

German army headquarters de-
clared battle in Argonne district is
proceeding successfully. Three Ant
werp forts declared captured. 1t was
announced that left wing of Russian
army had been defeated and 1000
prisoners taken.
Petrograd reported that Russians
were prepared to make another at
tempt to invade East Prussia.
Vienna declared that the Servians
and Montenegrins were being driven
from. Bosnia. This. was denied by
the SerYians. -
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-04

To be the wife of a man who earns
his living by driving monster of
racing car at the speed of 100 miles
an hour in automobile races and who
may lose his life any minute that's
the ordeal of fear that Mrs. Dario-
Resta, wife of the famous English
Italian driver who has won fame in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
LET 1T GO WITH THE OLD YEAR,

How, many Of US make our backs
ache carrying useless, foolish bur.
dens! We carry luggage and rubbish
that are of no earthly use, but which
sap u strength and keep US jaded
and tired to no purpose. II we could
only learn to hold on to the things
worth while and drop the rubbish--let
10 the useless, the foolish, the silly,
the things that hinder-we should not
only make progress, but we should
keep happy and harmonious as well.
One of the secrets Of right living is
letting that go which absorbs our en-
ergies and retards our progress. We
should let our unfortunate past ex.
periences drop into the world Of OBJ
lfvion. We should never recall a dis.
agreeable memory or mistake unless
It be to arm ourselves against falling
into further errors If the past tor
ments and haunts you cut it off sharp
ly as if with a knife. Do not allow
it's shadow to darken your present or
rob your future Of its possibilities.
Profit by the lessons it has taught, but
do not morbidly brood over them.
Do not hang on to the things that
keep you back, that make you un-
happy. Let go of the worry, let 30 Of
the anxiety, let go Of the scolding,
fretting and Tuning, let go Of criti-
cism, let go of fear. let go of anxious,
over-strenuous life, let &c Of selfish
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
SHOWING OFF" CHILDREN
Washington Youngsters Proved Them
selves AmusingIy Adept at "Get-
Quick" Foreign Language.

They had but recently arrived in
Washington, and In order to fit them
selves to shine in diplomatic circles
were taking especial pains to acquire
a certain fuency and understanding
of foreign languages.
Little Willie had heard 80 much
about the "getQuick foreign language"
habit that when he and his little neigh
Dor were called upon to give an 'ex-
hibition OF their progress in modern
languages, they were quite ready to
do SO. Doting fathers, uncles and
aunts sat about, and when the lesson
had been completed, and proper praise
had been bestowed, little Willie looked
confidently at his audience, and with
q shake Of his little curls, said, Res
~eryoir!" There was a general DISPOSE
ton to laugh, which eliminated In a
universal guffaw when little Katrina.
equal to- the emergency, piped, out:
Tanks! T'anks!"-"Afairs at Wash.
ington,p Joe Mitchell Chapple, In Ma!
5tional Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
A CH|LDS BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt Is well-found-
ed. Their tender little 'insides" are
injured by them.
, If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take 1t; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that q teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row. 2
Ask at the store for a .50-cent bottle
of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
Lowest Note FITTED to. organ.

-#.FLN# ST4E-DNLsh
An organ stop which emits a note
one full octave below any, that has
ever been heard before5has been in.
stalled In an organ at Lowell, Mass.
This stop is 12s feet long and its
note lie unsteady indicated as
,cCCCCC. TG q
TO understand what this -leans,"
says the Scientific American, It may
be said that a S2.foot pipe vbrates 16
times a second at its lowest note
(CCCC), and this is very near the
point below which vibrations cease to
form a continuous sound, while q 1873
foot pipe vihrates but four times q
second when producing its lowest
sound. It was found, however, that a
group of pipes giving oyertones could
be arranged to produce, when sound
ed together, a synthetic tone, and by
this means stops producing the effect
Of a 64-foot pipe t:aye been built with.
out. requiring the use OF a pipe OF
that length; and now In the same way
this monster 12S-foot stop has ap-
peared, which is described as a
mighty atmospheric throb Of most
awesome majesty Indeed, It would
seem that its tones must be rather
felt than heard"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
FALLING. HAIR MEANS
D D|ANDRU !! IS ACTIVE
Save Your Hairi Cot a % Gent 1ottls
Of Danderine Hight HoW-Aiso
stops itching sealp:

Thin, brittle, coiorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence ot d neglected
scalp; of dandrun-that awful scurf:
There Is nothing 30 destructive 80
the hair as dandrun. It robs the hair
Of its lulster, it's strength and iits very
life; eventually producing a fsyertshs
ness and itching OF the scalp, which
II not ssreamesdied causes the hair roots,
to shrink, loosen and dief--then the
hair falls ont fast. IS ittle3 Dandeftne
ttonight-now-any tme-win surely
sayesyour hall.
Get q as cent bottle aofS KnowIton,s
Danderine from any store, and after
the first application your hair win
take on that life, ulster and yhixuriance
which is so beautiful: It viii become:
wavy and iufy and have the appear.
ance OF abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softness, but what VIII.
please you most will be after just q
few weeks use, when YOU viii actual
sly see a lot OF fine, downy hair-new
hair-growing all over the scalp. Adv