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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-05
CHAPTER x.
Anonymous Letters.

Deborah re-entered the judges house
a stricken woman She reached her
room door and was about to enter.
when at a sudden thought she paused
and let her eyes wander down the hall
till they settled on another door, the
one she had closed behind her the
night before, with the deep resolve
never to open it again except under
compulsion. A few minutes later she
was standing in one of the dim corners
of divers musty room, reopening a
book which she had taken down from
tn , shelves on her former visit. She
remembered 1t from its torn back and
the fact that it was an algebra. Turn
ing to the fly leaf, she looked again at
the names and schoolboy phrases she
had seen scribbled all over its surface.
for the one which she remembered as,
II hate algebra"
1t had not been very clearly writ.
ten algebra and she would never
have given this Interpretation to the
scrawl, had she been in better mood.
Now another thought had come to her.
and she wanted to see the word again
Was she glad or sorry to have yielded
to this impulse, when by closer in
spection she perceived that the word
was not algebra" at all, but "Algernon.
I hate A Etheridge.|I hate A. Eel
hate Algernon E." all over the page,
and here and there on other pages.
sometimes in characters SO rubbed and
faint as to be almost unreadable and
again so pressed into the paper by
vicious pencil point as to have broken
their way through to the leaf under
meath.
The work of an ill-conditioned
schoolboy! but-this hate dated back
many years. Paler than ever, and
with hands trembling almost to the
point Of incapacity, she put the book
back and flew to her own room. the
prey of thoughts bitter almost to mad.
ness.
1t was the second time in her life
that she had been called upon to go
through this precise torture. Then,
only her own happiness and honor
were involved; now it was Reuther's:
and the fortitude which sustained her
through the ignominy of her own trou-
BILE failed her at the prospect of Reu-
theirs. And again, the two cases were
not equal Her husband had had traits
which, in a manner, had prepared her
for the ready suspicion of people. But
Oliver was a man of reputation and
kindly heart; and yet. in the course of
time this had come, and the question
once agitating her as to whether
Reuther was a fit mate for him and
now evolved itself into this: Was he
fit mate for her?
ITO BE cONTINUED.I
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at the back and gradually grow mar.
rover at the sides and front, finally
disappearing at the top fastening Of
the bodice. But they also require wir.
ing with the finest of silk-covered
wire, to give them the sprightly pose
required.
One of the new collars Of sheer ba
tiste finished with fine embroidery is
shown in the picture given here. 1t
is a good example of type Of collar
which Is featured among the new
dress accessories for spring. Equally
strong as a novelty, the new very
high, standing collars (high at the
front as we'll as the back, attached
or unattached to the blouse, are com.
manding much attention and may
prove the favorites. Just at the mo-
ment the sheer collar, high at the
back and turned over, open at the
throat, is liked finished by band
of narrow black velvet ribbon which
ties over it around the throat and ap.
pears to support it, although fine
wires really do the work.
There is a lot Of wear in the col
lars of embroidered batiste; they pro
vide an inexpensive and dainty means
of freshening up the dress.
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r. HE plainest of boudoir caps, such
/ as that one pictured iere, will
serve to introduce coterie of others
far more elaborately made. The sub
ject of boudoir caps is inexhaustible;
they are as varied, almost, as the
faces they so prettily set off. Dain-
tiness Is the most lasting OF fem
mime charms, and the boudoir cap is
an expression Of this.
Displayed in a New York shop are
a half dozen or so styles, that run
the scale from the simplest to the
most elaborate. The first one con-
sists of puff Of plain crepe de chine
for the crown, which is gathered over
a circle of wire that fits the head.
Lace, about three inches wide, plated
in narrow side plaitings, is sewed in
side the edge of the cap about the
front, extending from one temple to
the other A second length of the
plated lace is sewed in, extending
from ear to ear The lace is then
turned back Off the face and tackled to
the crown, forming a coronet of lace
about the face.
Where this plating leaves off, a
third length is sewed in the cap and is
left hanging over it's neck. A ro-
sette Of narrow ribbon is sewed to
each side.
The next cap Is made Of all-over
shadow lace with the puffed crown
shirred over a circle Of wire. A
frill of very narrow lace extends about
the front of the cap. Across the back
there is a scant frill of wider lace
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that is wired with fine wire. to curve
outward from the ears and neck,
This smart little affair is trimmed
with twist of narrow satin ribbon
and occasional clusters of the smallest
chiffon roses set about the face 1t
is finished with rosette of the
ribbon at each side
The third cap was made of fine dot.
ted swiss and shaped like a baby's
cap. A frill of cluny lace, very scant
fell about the face, and an insertion
of the same was set in about the
crown. Between the insertion and
the frill narrow band of ribbon eX-
tended about the cap, ending in long
loops and ends at the left side.
The fanciest and most novel of caps
in this gay array had a puffed crowE
of colored silk set in a brim of Irish
lace. The lace was wired to stand out
in four points, one at the front. one
at the back, and one at each side. 1t
had no trimmings, the richness Of
the lace making this unnecessary.
Many simple caps were shown made
% flowered voile and marquisette.
They have puffed crowns and short
capes of the material and were
trimmed with lace and little ribbon
roses in several colors. One of the
prettiest of all was made of sheer
openwork swiss embroidery for the
puffed crown, and double ruffie of
lace about the face. Satin ribbon two
inches wide was twisted about the
crown and tied in bow at the front.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
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FAIR TAHITiAN WOMEN

could scarcely believe such scenes had
real existence Often said Bou-
gainville, 81 thought was walking In
the Garden of Eden"
Papeete is the only town, but the
fertile level shores of the island are
SO thickly populated as to form almost
a continuous village along the road
that skirts the beach for its circumfer-
ence of nearly one hundred miles. Yet
there is practically no open land ex-
cept in the uninhabited mountains
Houses and villages are beneath end
less groves of cocoanuts, breadfruit.
mangoes, oranges, ,banyans and bam-
boo, with occasional ornamental exot-
les from other tropical lands. Alligator
pears, native "chestnuts," mummy ap-
pies and bananas, are in almost every
doorway Except for two small sugar
plantations, few halfhearted cotton
patches, and small clearings for taro,
yams and other vegetables, there is
no farming as we know it. Copra and
vanilla are the island crops.
Work Is Not a Worry.
On the whole, however, industry has
small part in the daily life of the in
habitants. Very little work suffices
to procure all that is essential where
nature supplies food and shelter. The
writer once asked native to bring
him some fish.
why don't you catch your own
fish," was the response.
THAT isn't the question. I'll give
you a dollar for a good string of fish,
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sounded incongruo:ts enough to De-
borah, in whose heart at that moment
a leaf was turned upon the past, which
left the future hopelessly blank
Must you go?" Deborah bad risen
mechanically Don't, I beg, till you
hare relieved my mind about Judge
Ostrander 1 don't suppose that there
is really anything behind that door
O. his which it would alarm any one
to see?"
Then. Deborah understood ;iiss
Weeks.
But she was ready for her
I've never seen anything Of the
Sort" said she, "and l make up his
bed in that very room every morn
ing"
oh! And Miss Weeks drew deep
breath. No article of immense value.
such as that rare old bit Of real Satsu-
ma In the cabinet over there?'
No. answered Deborah, with all
the patience she could muster. Judge
Ostrander seems very simple in Lis
tastes. l doubt If he would know Sat.
suma If he saw it,
Miss Weeks sighed. Yes. he has
never expressed the least wish to look
over my shelves. So the double fence
means nothing?'
"A whim,' calculated Deborah, max
ing quietly for the door. The Judge
likes to walk at night when quite
through with his work; and he doesn't
like his ways to be noted. But he pre-
fers the lawn now. hear his step out
there every night"
well, it's something to know that
he leads a more normal life than for
merly!" sighed the little lady as she
prepared to usher her guest out
Come again, Mrs. Scoville; and, If |
may, I will drop in and see you some
day."
Deborah accorded her permission
and made her final adieux. She felt as
if hand which had been stealing up
her chest had suddenly gripped her
throat, choking her. She had found
the man who had cast that fatal
shadow down the ravine, twelve years
before.
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which the husband of one of them had
suffered. they were raking up this
past. and gossiping over its petty de-
tails.
Mrs Scoyille sighed and said:
1t couldn't have been very long
after you saw him that Mr.. Etheridge
was struck"
Only some twenty minutes. 1t takes
just that long for man to walk from
this corner to the bridge"
And you never heard where Oliver
went?"
ut was never talked about at the
time. Later, when some hint got
about of his having been in the ravine
that night. he said he had gone up the
ravine, not down it. And we all be-
lieved him, madam"
"Of course. of course. What dis
eliminating mind you have, Miss
Weeks, and what wonderful memory!
To think that after all these years you
can recall that Oliver had a cap on his
head when he looked out of the win
dow at his father and Mr.. Etheridge.
If you were asked, | have no doubt
you could tell its very color. Was it
the peaked one?"
Yes, could swear to It," And
Miss Weeks gave a little laugh, which
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KNEW WEAKNESS OF MEN
Or. Johnson's Idea of Their Giorifica.
ton of War Showed Him
Student of Nature,

Sturdy Englishman that he was,
one hardly associates Doctor Johnson
with dicta that will serve in a recruit
ing campaign. Perhaps the times.
says the Westminster Gazette, hold
events of such gargantuan import
that it is hardly a matter for wonder
that in casual reading one may chance
upon a passage in the utterances of
a past giant that seems particularly
apt in reference to current events of
our time:
We talked of war;" says Boswell.
Johnson: Ever man thinks meanly
of himself for not having been SOL
der, or not having at sea" Boswell
Lord Mansfield does not" Sir, If
Lord Mansfield were in a company of
general officers and admirals who
have been in service he would shrink;
he'd wish to creep under the table"
M, sir, we're Socrates and
Charles XII OF Sweden both present
IN any co1Pz4y, and Socrates to say,
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SOMETIMES USED BY WHEY
In Other Words, Nueh's "own Room"
Was Just as Private as All
Such Dens Are.

When the Nughs were building
their new home Mrs. Nugh insisted
that the plans include den for Nugh,
a place where he could get away all to
himself. They moved into the new
home two weeks ago. l went to see
them the other day, and after dinner
Mrs. Nugh suggested that Nugh take
me to his den for smoke.
1t was a delightfully."- cozy little room,
and it's arrangements evidently had
been planned with thought. For in
stance the telephone was in it, so that
while Nugh was taking his ease he
could also act as family callhoy. In
one corner was big box of the baby S
toys, Nugh explaining that they had no
nursery and let the little chap play in
there to keep him from littering up
the other rooms. There was humi-
dor on the table and, being an old
friend. opened it and put in d hand
for a cigar-but got a handful of but
TONS. Then I observed that beside the
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AdITl, the largest island of the
Society group, and by many
travellers believed the most
beautiful In any sea, lies nearly
south of Hawaii and about sew
enteen degrees south Of the equator,
writes E. T. Allen in American For.
estry. First touched by Portuguese
and Spanish navigators, it was de.
scribed to Europe by Wallis (1767)
and Bougainville (176S). They gave
such lively account of the beauty of
both island and people, and of what
they considered the idyllic perfection
OF its semiwild, semideveloped society,
that much was written, especially in
philosophical France, to argue that
here was proof Of the necessity for re-
turn to nature by the human race.
Bougainville named it New Cy-
therea. His companion. the naturalist
Commerson. called it Utopia and wrote
extravagantly of the virtues which he
said fourished because the natives
had no conventional restraint.
OF Aryan ancestry, practically or
wholly escaping Mongol or Negroid in
fusion by their exodus from the main
land in the remote past, the Tahitians
were and are still about what would
be expected of a people much like
southern Europeans, but who have
been isolated for ages under all the
passionate influences of the tropics.
1.-THE Garden of Eden."
Rainbow colored fish play through
the coral along the sea wall at your
feet. the placid green lagoon meets a
skyline of palms on either hand, and
seaward, beyond tiny palm covered
islet where queen once had her
fortress, the surf rolls creaming on
the barrier reef from the blue trop-
ical ocean, ripping in the, soft fresh
trades. Behind the town, itself hid
den in verdure. green slopes rise quick
ly to splintered volcanic peaks nearly
eight thousand feet high, carved by
precipitous valleys with countless
flashing waterfalls. Melville wrote
that the ineffable repose and beauty
of the Tahitian landscape was such
that every object struck him like
something seen in a dream, and he
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SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander.
county judge and eccentric recluse. fol-
lowing q veiled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates of the high
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the judge
Is found In q cataleptic state. The judge
awakes. Miss Weeks explains to him
what has occurred during his seizure. He
secretly discovers the whereabouts Of the
veiled woman. She proves to be the wild
ow of q man tried before the judge and
electrocuted for murder years before. Her
daughter Is engaged to the judges son.
from whom he is estranged. but the mur-
der Is between the lovers. She plans to
clear her husbands memory and asks the
judges aid Alone in her room Deborah
Scorille reads the newspaper clippings
telling the story of the murder of Alger-
non Etheridge by John Scoville in Dark
Hollow, twelve years before. The Judge
and Mrs. Scoville meet at Spencer's Folly
and she shows him how, on the day OF
the murder. she saw the shadow of
man, whiting stick and wearing long
peaked cap. The judge engages her and
her daughter Reuther to live with him In
his mysterious home. Deborah and her
lawyer. Black. go to the police station and
see the stick used to murder Etheridge.
She discovers a broken knife-blade point
embedded in it Deborah and Reuther go
TO live with the judge. Deborah sees
portrait Of Oliver, the judges son. with
black band painted across the eyes. That
night she finds. in divers room, a cap
with q peak like the shadowed one. and
q knife with a broken blade-point- Anony-
NOUS letters increase her suspicious
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INHABITANTS OF THE MIND
Always In the Child, or Youth, or
Man, Accompanied by the One He
Knows Above All Others.

Real men and women are not the
only people, Our minds are inhabited
as truly as any other country. Every
child has his invisible playmate, to
whom he talks more freely than 10 his
parents. and with whom he goes upon
strange adventures-a tiny Columbus
with whom he embarks upon the wa
ters of the bathtub to discover a new
land, or rowing De Soto, with whom
he ships through the garden gate. un-
attended and unafraid, always before
he Is three years old, bent upon an
excursion into the wilderness which
lies across the brook in the field or in
the woods. If you are the father or
mother of this child you never can
understand that-how the timid baby
who was never before out Of your
sight could have gone SO far alone.
Why, when you found him. stained
with his travels, very tired, almost
nodding, he was still confident preoc-
rul ed. and bent upo~ q farther pill
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the mountain, valleys with loads OF
plantain, naked except for a loin
cloth but with garlands Of ferns and
flowers.
Are a Social People.
The chief Tahitian characteristics
are social. Feasting, dancing and sing
ing are always in progress, usually on
a wholesale scale. The entire village
participates on the slightest excuse
Anything that can be done alone is un-
popular. Even in fishing, the single
venturer is regarded as a pothunter
and no sportsman.
In several stays on the island the
writer was never allowed to fish with
hook and line from a single canoe be-
cause, while all right for commoner
who needs fish, it is not the thing for
quality" to do. The visitor Is struck
with the invariable good nature of the
people. They rarely quarrel, drunk
or sober. Violence is practically un.
known. Murders are so infrequent as
to be little more than traditional and
even fighting is extremely rare
Like all Polynesians. they are won
derful swimmers, and probably excel
all others as canoemen. Whereas, in
Hawaii the canoes seen today are pure.
ly utilitarian, the Tahitian retains his
navigating ancestors love for naval
architecture. Racing canoes carrying
90 paddlers or more are built with
great ceremony and beating Of drums
and carefully kept from the weather
in houses constructed by the district
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light upon fresh evidence And where
am I to get that? Only from some
new witness"
Miss Weeks polite smile took on an
expression Of indulgence. This reused
Deborah's pride, and, hesitating no
longer, she anxiously remarked:
Il have sometimes thought that
Oliver Ostrander might be that wit
ness. He certainly was in the ravine
the night Algernon Etheridge was
struck down"
Had she been an experienced actress
Of years she could not have thrown
into this question greater lack OF all
innuendo Miss Weeks, already un-
der her fascination, heard the tone but
never thought to notice the quick rise
and fall of her visitors uneasy bosom.
and so unwarned, responded with all
due frankness:
Il know he was. But how will that
help you? He had no testimony to
give in relation to this crime, or he
would have given it,
THAT is true" The admission fell
mechanically from Deborah's lips;
she was not conscious, even Of making
it. Then. as her emotion choked her
into silence. she sat with piteous eyes
searching Miss Weeks face, till she
had recovered her voice, when she
added this vital question::
How did you know that Oliver was
in the ravine that night? l only
guessed it,
well, it was in this way. 1 do not
often keep my eye on my neighbors
(oh. no, Miss Weeks!), but that night
I CHANGED to be looking over the way
just at the minute Mr.. Etheridge came
out. and something saw in his man
ner and in that Of the judge who had
followed him to the door. and in that
of Oliver who, cap on head. was lean
ing towards them from window over
the porch, made me think that con-
troversy was going on between the
two old people of which Oliver was the
object. This naturally interested me,
and I watched them long enough to
see Oliver suddenly raise his fist and
shake it at old Etheridge; then, in
great rage, slam down the window and
disappear inside. The next minute,
and before the two below had done
talking, I caught another glimpse of
him as he dashed around the corner
of the house on his way to the ra-
vine"
And Mr.. Etheridge?"
"Oh, he left soon after. I watched
him as he went by, his long cloak flap
ping in the wind Little did think he
would never pass my window again"
So interested were they both. that
neither for the moment realized the
strangeness of the situation or that
it was in connection with a crime for
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was parried with the offer as riposta
The answer to this was unanswer.
able and final: II don't need any dol.
lar"
Such is island philosophy. The sea
will always provide fish, the land all
other actual requirements, and since
this will be as true in the future as
today, why trouble to lay up for ones
children? Even tobacco and coffee
are homegrown, so only imported lux
uries require effort to obtain Most
Of the real work of the island, such
as curing vanilla, is done by Chinese
who value money for its own sake.
They bake the bread, run the restau.
rants, and own most of the small
stores.
Nevertheless the natives are splen-
did people physically, no doubt an in-
heritance from their warlike and ath-
letic past. The men are often well
over six feet and tremendously mus
cular. The women are erect, grace
full. beautifully formed, and often very
handsome Their brown eyes are un.
usually fine. Their black hair Is long
and waving.
Polynesian races differ slightly in
color, that of pure Tahitians varying
also with caste and exposure, but the
commonest type is an olive gold not
darker in shade than the skins of
Chinese and Japanese, but warmer and
less yellowish Their features are
pleasing and contain nothing Negroid
or Monaghan.
The typical native dress is the pa
reu, bright colored patterned cotton
cloth much like the Burmese sarong.
twisted BY the men around the waist
and by the women around the breast.
The latter, however, rarely wear 1t
away from home, except bathing or
fishing, without a loose over dress.
The men also are more and more com.
ing to regard the pareu as informal.
comfortable for home and work wear,
but to be replaced by coat and pants
on dress occasions. These customs
vary much with the distance from
town. Flowers constitute the chief
adornment, worn In wreaths and singly
over the ear. Carriers come in from
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Mining for tin under the sea is COM
mon enough in Cornwall. where the
veins are followed for a considerable
distance under the waters of the stern
coast, but Cornwall is fairly equaled
by Chile. which. instead of producing
tin, yields large quantities of coal. On
Coronel bay are located some of the
best coal mines in Chile. and as the
seams extend beneath the bay and
give evidence of continuing far
out into the ocean, coal mining is
thus carried on at a good depth be-
meath the harbor. So impervious to
water is the overhead rock that the
underground workings are dry and
clean. Modern equipment is used, and
electric power for all purposes is sup
plied at & Jcw pats