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CHAPTER I-contInued.

1t was an awful and a terrifying
sight to little Miss Weeks and, scream
1ng loudly, she left her window and
ran into Judge Ostrander's presence,
and, gazing wildly about, wormed her
way toward heavily carved screen
guarding distant corner and covered
down behind it.
The gasping, struggling men, the
frantic negro, we're in the next room
now--she could catch the sound of the
EATERS painting breath rising above
the clamor of strange entreaties and
excited cries with which the air was
Tul; then quick, hoarse shout of
Judge! Judge!" rose in the doorway,
and she became conscious of the pres
ence of a headlong, rushing force
struck midway into silence as the fro
zen figure OF his master flashed upon
the negroes eyes-then-a growl of
concentrated emotion, uttered almost
IN her ear, and the screen which had
Oeen her refuge was violently thrust
away from before her and in its place
she beheld a terrible being standing
1872 "AO0C eyes, u1ldAluS
this fresh surprise, she beheld her
doom, even while recognizing that if
she must suffer it would be simply
as an obstacle to some goal at her
back which he must reach-now-be
fore he fell in his blood and died.
What was this goal? AS abe felt
herself lifted, nay, almost hurled aside.
she turned to see and found it to be a
door before which the devoted Bella
had now thrown himself, guarding it
with every inch of his powerful but
rapidly sinking body, and chattering
defiance with his bloodless, quivering
1ips-a figure terrible in anger, sub
lime in purpose, and p'teous in it's
failing energies.
Back! all of you'll" he cried, and
stopped, clutching at the door casing
on either side to hold himself erect.
you cannot come in here. This is
che judges"
Not even his iron resolve or once
Nnequaled physique could stand the
sapping of the terrible cash which dis
figured his forehead. He had been run
over by an automobile in a moment
of blind abstraction, and his hurt was
mortal. Already his head, held erect
by the passion of his purpose. was
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By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
bit. 1914. by Dodd. Mead SC Company

suspended animation which confronted
them from the judges chair, shrank
tumultuously back as little Miss
Weeks advanced upon them, holding
out her meager arms in late defense of
the secret to save which she had just
seen man de-
Let us do as he wished" she
prayed Il feel myself much to blame.
What right had we to come in here? 2"
No one in authority was present;
no one representing the law, not even
doctor; only haphazard persons from
the street and a few neighbors who
had not been on social terms with the
Judge for years and never expected
to be so again. His secret!-always
source of wonder to every inhabitant
of Shelby, but lifted now into matter
OF vital importance by the events of
the day and the tragic death of the
negro! Were they to miss its solution,
when only a door lay between it and
them-a door which they might not
even have to unlock? Miss Weeks
was about to utter an impassioned ap-
peal to their honor, when the current
OF her and their thoughts was changed
by sudden sense of some strange
new influence at work in the room, and
turning, they beheld the Judge upon
his feet, his mind awakened, but his
eyes still f1xed-an awesome figure;
some thought more awesome than be-
fore.
Death was present with them-he
saw it not. Strangers were making
havoc with his solitude-he was as
oblivious of their presence as he had
been unconscious of it before. His
faculties and all his attention were
absorbed by the thought which had
filled his brain when the cogs of that
subtle mechanism had slipped and his
faculties paused inert.
Where is the woman?" he cried.
1t was cry of fear; not of mastery.
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READY FOR STERN WAR
WEST INDIAN ISLANDS ARM FOR
DEADLY STRIFE.
Take the Prospect of Being involved
in the European Conflict Very
Seric.sly-Forces Like Those
of Comic Opera

A cargo of war tales has arrived
from the West Indies. Every native
there sleeps with his gun under his
pillow
Little srccks of island that no one
ever hearu of north of the tropic of
Cancer are throwing up towering earth
works and barefooted natives, yester-
days nobodies, are today generals;
roustabouts are soldiers; every town
has a guard; every island distrusts
every other island. Ten thousand rusty
fiintlock muskets rule the land, and
from the sea come tales of strange
men-of-war threading in and out
among the islands, always seeking and
never finding one another.
Every native on the island of St
Lucia is happy these days, for he
totes gun, rides on bicycle and
marches behind brass band, and the
government pays for it ALL" says the
purser of West Indian steamer re-
Gently locked in New York.
Some of the strangest looking BIZ
cycles l ever saw have been COM
Wandered by the authorities. Some of
them are the old high-wheel affairs
that our daddies rode; some of them
have no tires; most of them are red
with rust and all of them squeak /
heard the troops coming two blocks
away. The arms they carry are in the
same class.
AT Barbados, every negro and Chi
naman on the island has Joined the
army. They have what they call a
life guard to protect the place. What
they are afraid of 1 don't know, but 1
heard that they have been told the
kaiser was planning to send his fleet
over to capture the possession.
That was enough for those natives.
They threw UP line of breastworks
and they fire cannon every time a
ship is sighted. They have burnt up
lot of powder that way, understand
Whenever that old cannon cuts loose
the army come Hckety-split for the
shore. They line UP behind the breast
works with their muzzle-loaders and
their derringers and you've got to
show them that you don't mean any
monkey business.
AT Dominica, near st. Thomas, the
natives have built little fort just to
fight the German navy when it does
come over. There are not enough white
men in Dominica to hold meeting
and not many more colored In the
center of their fort they have planted
a tall flag pole. Every morning at
daylight a man pulls himself up to
the top of that flag pole and sticks
there, looking out to sea. He is look
ing for the German navy. Two hours
later he comes down and another man
takes his place. This has been kept
up every day for weeks, from dawn
till darkness
English, French and German war
ships chase each other around the is
land, and it's no wonder the natives
are fidgety. At st. Lucia there were
10 ships tied up, all afraid to stir out
side the harbor."
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three or four or even more, Judge 0s-
trander. Do you want one of them
to stay inside? That might do the
business better than dozen out"
mo. While Bella lies above ground,
we want no third here. When he is
buried | may call upon you for a
special TO watch my room door. But
it's of outside protection we're talk
ing now. Only. who is to protect me
against your menu
What do you mean by that, your
honor?"
They are human, are they not?
They have instincts Of curiosity like
the rest of us. How can l be made
sure that they won't yield to the temp
tation of their position and climb the
fences they are detailed to guard?"
And would this be so fatal to your
peace, judge?' A smile tempered the
suggestion.
at would be breach OF trust which
would greatly disturb me- want no.
body on my grounds, nobody at all.
Has not my long life of solitude within
these walls sufficiently proved this? l
want to feel that these men of yours
would no more climb my fence than
they would burst into my house with
out warrant"
Judge, l will be one of the men,
You can trust me-"
Thank you, sergeant; appreciate
the favor. / shall rest now as quietly
as any man can who has met with a
great loss. shall always suffer from
regret that | was not in a condition
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POULTPYNOTES
(NN1S&Sss ~ 9aoso

Roots of all kinds can be fed cooked
or raw, but they should be chopped
fine.
The legs of dressed poultry when
shipped to market should be perfectly
clean.
BY large rooster" is meant a plump,
soft chicken, weighing about four or
five pounds.
Always turn the heads OF the birds
back under the wings in packing
dressed poultry.
When the mornings are cold, take
the chill off the drinking water, but
Go not make it warm.
During the months of April, May
and June the highest prices are paid
for first-class soft rooster
Old cock birds have a class of their
own in market, and do not come un-
der the head of large roasting fowls"
Each pigeon should have at least
one hundred cubic feet space in the
flying pen, writes ]. L. Van ArsdaIe.
The man who has regular marketing
days finds a regular demand for his
stock, and, consequently, regular in
come.
The price of many good specimen
is spoiled by careless dressing. APP
pearances mean a great deal with
carcass.
A splendid mixture for laying hens
is equal parts of cracked corn, wheat,
and oats, which should be scattered IN
the litter.
Growing stock can be stimulated to
greater growth by = variety of whole
some food. There, is nothing that
makes a keener appetite than a good
supply.
The most important feature in a
poultry house is proper ventilation.
An efficient system of ventilation af-
forts an abundance of fresh air with
out drafts.
To secure uniform chicks and have
the majority females. the fowls them
selves should possess uniformity az
regards color, plumase and age. as
well as size and marking.
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Memorial AAoat.

The Nieuw Amsterdam # the Hol-
land-American line, viii retain a per-
manent memorial of one of her war
time experiences. There has been
unveiled in he main companionway
a bronze tablet presented by the pas
sengers who sailed in her from Rot
terdam to New York on August ST.
1t is erected ''in grateful apprecia-
ton of the successful efforts Of
both the company and the captain to
render safe, comfortable and pleasant
a hazardous voyage, when American
citizens were compelled to leave Eu-
rope on the outbreak of the war" The
design of the tablet includes, Of
course, the crossed flags Of Holland
and the United States. and also sprays
Of laurel symbolizing the accomplish
ment of The captains purpose. and
sprays Of oak leaves indicating the
sturdy character OF the Duteh.-Man-
chester Guardian.
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to receive Bela's last sigh. He was a
man in thousand One seldom sees
his like among white or black"
HE was very powerfully built
man. 1t took sixty-horsepower rae
! ing machine, going at high rate of
speed, to kill him."
A spasm of grief or unavailing re-
greet crossed the judges face as his
head sank back again against the high
back of his chair.
81 should like to ask a question, =
he finally observed. "You were not at
the inquiry this afternoon, and may
not know that just as Bella and the
crowd about him turned this corner
they ran into woman leading small
child, who stopped the whole throng
in order to address him. saw that
woman myself, earlier. She was in
this house. She was in this room.
If you will consent to look for her,
and if she is found and no stir made,
1 will pay all that you think it right
to demand"
mo D1r r,ON-1,TDyr-rrON
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WHERE SHE FOUND THE GUM
Youngsters Desire for a "chew"
Caused Her to Forget Ma
ternaI Injunction.

A Louisville woman who is some
what of crank on hygiene and who
brings up her small daughter accord
ing to the latest methods, took the
child on day train to IA nearby lit
tie town. The mother sighed as she
glanced at the dusty velvet seat and
cloudy windows. The youngster, how
ever, folded her manicured fingers In
her white pique lap and apparently
tried to absorb as little dirt as pos
sible. Looking up from her maya.
zine, the immaculate parent was hor-
rified to find The small daughters
Jaws working violently.
What have you in your MOUTH"
she demanded at once
Cum" said the child.
Where did you get it," gasped the
mother.
The child pointed to clean, round
spot on the grimy windowsill.
There" she said.-Louisville Times.
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matters at least, it is even willing to
make sacrifices. 1t Is the sense of
service revealed in action.
When you give your neighbor a
smile instead of frown you do him a
real service, for you cause him to
smile and be happy. 1t is courteous.
therefore. to smile.
When you smother the needless
word of criticism you save some one q
pang II is courteous. therefore, to
control your tongue.
II doesn't matter very much at Just
what angle you tip your hat to lady.
although it is commendable to regard
such points. The important thing is to
look like you were glad of the opportu-
nifty to tip it. That is the real cour-
tesy.
If the world would start out today TO
follow two rules-smile and avoid
mean gossip-it would be almost civil
lized at the end OF year.
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CTo BE coNTINUED.)
EnaIlsh lads Shout nMarseIIIa

English Lads Shout "MarseIIIaIse."
Never say that the English are not
a musical people. You shall meet seven
little muddy boys, keeping Loyalty to
the gutter, clad in not many inches of
old clothes, and none Of them so much
as ten years old. Yet they will all be
shouting the whole of the "Marseil-
laise," which is not an eight-bar tune,
but a very complex melody, without a
mistake.
Whether the London urchin has been
furnished with translation of the
French battle hymn it would be hard
to say, for though the music is well
rendered the words are indistinguish-
able.-London Chronicle.
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MOTHER! LOOK At
CH|LD'S. TONGUE
If cross, feverish, constipated,
give california Syrup
of FiuS"

A laxative today saves Il sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the scnsne. l,otaer! If coat.
ed, or your child is lis1essi, cross, few
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore threat
or any other children's ailinent, give
teaspoonful OF California Syrup of
Figs" then don't worry, because it is
perfectly harmless, and in few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out Of the bowels, and you have
well, playful child again. A thor
ough inside cleansing" is Outlines all
that is necessary. It should be the
hrst treatment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fg syrups.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle of
California Syrup of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children Of
all ages and for grownups plainly
printed on the bottle. ADV.
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tions. / had fainting spclla, bloated,
and could hardly stand the pain in my
left side. My husband insisted that l
try Lydia E. Pinkhsm's Vegetable
Compound, and am &C thankful did,
for / am now q well woman. / sleep
better, do all my housswork and take
long walks. Inever fail TO praise Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
my good health. MIR. j. N. REscH,
1900 West Broadway, Louisville, KY.
Since we guarantee that all testimo-
malls which we publish are genuine, Is it
not fair to suppose that If Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound be- the
virtue to help these women il viii Alsip
any other woman who Ia suffering IN
ike manner?
If you are III do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound.
Write to Lydia IL. Pinkham
Medicine Co., (conAdenfiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter viii be opened,
read and answered. by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
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CHAPTER II.
The Yelled Woman.


The intensity of the question, the
compelling, self-forgetful passion Of
the man, had a startling effect upon
the crowd of people huddled before
him. With one accord, and without
stopping to pick their way, they made
for the open doorway, knocking the
smaller pieces CT furniture about and
creating havoc generally. Some fed
the house; others stopped to peer in
again from behind the folds of the
curtain which had been only partially
torn from its fastenings. Miss Weeks
was the only one to stand her ground
When the room was quite cleared
and the noise abated Git was fright
full experience to see how little the
judge had been affected by all this
hubbub of combined movement and
sound) she stepped within the line of
his vision and lifted her feeble and
Intellectual hand in an effort to attract
his attention to herself.
But he did not notice her, any more
than he had noticed the others. Still
looking in the one direction, he cried
aloud in troubled tones:
she stood there! the woman stood
there and l saw her! Where is she
now?"
She is no longer in the house."
came in gentle reply from the only one
in or out of the room courageous
enough to speak. "She went out when
she saw us coming. We knew that she
had no light to be here. That is why
we intruded ourselves, sir. We did
not like the looks of her, and so fol-
lowed her in to prevent mischief"
How dared you'll How dared shell"
Then as his mind regained its full
poise, And how, even if you had the
temerity to venture an entrance here,
did you manage to pass my gates?
They are never open. Bella sees to
that"
AS she watched she saw his eyes,
fixed up to now upon her face, leave it
and pass furtively and with many hest
tations from object to object. toward
that spot behind him where lay the
source of her great terror, till finally,
with fatal precision, they reached the
point where the screen had stood, and
not finding it, flew in open terror to
the door It was set there to conceal
when that something else, huddled in
oozing blood, on the floor beneath,
drew them to itself with the irresist-
ibleness of grim reality, and he forgot
all else.
Dead BelaI Dead! and lying in
his blood! The rest may have been
no dream, but this was surely one, or
his eyes, used to inner visions, we're
playing him false.
Grasping the table at his side to
steady his failing limbs, he pulled him.
self along by its curving edge till he
came almost abreast of the helpless
figure which for so many years had
been the embodiment of faithful and
unwearied service.
Then and then only did the truth CT
his great. misfortune burst upon mis-
bewildered soul; and with a cry which
tore the ears of all hearers and was
never forgotten by anyone there, he
flung himself down beside the dead
negro. and. turning him hastily over,
gazed in his face.
And where was /, when all this
happened?" he demanded in a voice
made low by awe and dread of its own
sound.
you? You we're seated here" muir
INJURED the little woman, pointing at
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SIX From seaneed.

A french scientist has succeeded IN
making artificial silk from the "slime"
Of the seaweed which is thrown up in
immense masses on the coasts OF Nor
mandy, Scotland, Norway and Canada,
The fabric is of excellent 9Sality and
can be produced much more eheaply
than any other form Of silk.
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It seemed Unreasonable.

During his last illness. Curran, the
great Irish wit, was one day told by
his medical attendant that he seemed
10 cough with more difficulty than he
had done the previous DAY. That's
odd enough. replied the famous IrlsE
mar. 'eesuusS I've been practicing all
night
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SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighbors invade
Nhe mysterious home of Judge Ostrander.
county Judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing yelled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates of the high
1ouole barriers surrounding the place.
me woman has disappeared but the judge
IS round in a cataleptic state
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Watch Your Live Stock.

II we should take an inventory Of
our live stock we might find that it
would pay to get rid Of the cUIls, and
put the feed into those animals that
palr for their keep 1t is always posi-
bic to Gull the herd early and get rid
OF the poor producers.
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Dead and diseased wood in the or
chard should be removed and burned
as soon as possible. The Nebraska
College of Agriculture finds that if the
orchard is kept clean Of such refuse
the problems of insect and fungus con-
troll are much easier
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seware Of MlsundsrssandInas

Little inharmolivs between friends
ara dangerous. not in themselves. but
in the bitter memories and misunc or
standings they may leave in their
trails.-William George Jordan.
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Bix-There is no Iron Duke" In this
continental war.
Dix-What about the mailed flst7
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"Why are you so angry, my dear,
about such a trific al my waxing
my mustache?"
ut isn't trifle; waxed mustache
is a cereous matter"
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His Source.

How do you suppose Noah man
aged to keep hir arc lights going?"
well, from the fact of the food,
there must have been strong cur
rent running"
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times. And so Tagtug. as in the He
brew history of Noah, plants garden,
names the trees and plants and is
permitted to eat of all but the cassia
tree, an herb of healing par excellence
OF this plant Tagtug was not to eat,
for thereby he would obtain eternal
life Mankind until this time possessed
extreme longevity, but not immor
tality. Tagtug OF his own in t.ative
takes and eats of the forbidden tree
He is cursed by Nintud and becomes
a prey to disease and ordinary NOR
tally. Thus in the original Sumerian
story Noah, the survivor of the food.
is the one who eats from the tree of
life No woman is concerned in shis
disob sdience which resulted in our
loss for perfect health peace and
countless years.
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sheen Mlthstand coLd.

IN housing sheep, = should be re-
membered that thsy suffer less from
sw temperature than any other class
live stock on the farm
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Il understand your foreign guest
violated your neutrality at the ball"
$50 he did. He took French leave
when we danced the German
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RusIness Of paIrvinn

l0airying is a business where raw
material and machines are used in the
production OF a human food product
for the market.
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Sure Thina.

what are the bonds of matri.
mony?"
'Boby bbonsl"-CorneIl Widow.
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curIno cholera BY New Method.

Doctor Renault, director of the
sanitary service of French India, re-
ports TO the Indian Medical Gazette
that he has had remarkable success
in curing Asiatic cholera by hypoder-
mic injections of chlortydrate of eme-
tine, in doses ranging from one cent?
gram for babies to four centigrams for
persons above the age Of twenty-five.
In a severe epidemic of cholera he
cured 70 per cent of his cases, and
says this would have been greater but
for the excessive zeal of his assail-
ants, who administered it to patients
in the last stage of the disease, when
it IS absolutely useless.
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heredity.

"Myl that's bouncing baby"
Yes; his fathers in the rubber bEsi
ness"
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should not be delayed any longer than,
is absolutely necessary. No animals
should be selected for breeding pur-
poses except for good reasons and
unless the breeder is quite sure that
he is right in his selection.