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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

child, except the direction Of the
streets and one lump of hard brick
work, which is, alas, fast dropping into
the Tigris. But the date gardens be-
tween Old and New Basra have a spe.
cial interest of their own, for It was
from between the roots of date palm
at Basra that Jehovah gathered
the clay with which he fashioned
Adam in the Garden of Eden. For
this reason the devout Mohammedan
will never abuse his date trees, how.
ever much they fail him, for the COM
mand in the Koran runs: Respect the
date palms, for they are your aunts."
Gibbon mentioned "The Christians
of st. John of Basra-" These are the
Sebacans, a strange race that live in
the Euphrates' bed, and, besides dairy
farming, earn livelihood by making
the one remaining mystery of metal
work in the world. They execute beau
tiful Niello designs in silver, gold and
black, and would die rather than sur.
render the secret Of the workmanship.
They are quiet folk, il only because
they believe that St John the Baptist
was the real Messiah, and worship on
ly him-and the Pole Star. They keep
their metallurgy, but certain tenets
are admitted by them which link them
not only with Christianity and Gnos.
ticism, but with Islam and Zoroastrian-
ism
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
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 hlgh
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the judge
is found in a cataleptic state. The judge
awakes. Miss Weeks explains to MN
what has occurred during his seizure. He
secretly discovers the whereabouts of the
veiled woman. She proves to be the W1o,
ow of a 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 MUIR
der Is between the lovers. She plans 10
clear her husbands memory and asks the
judges aid. Alone in her room Deborah
Scoville reads the newspaper clippings
telling the story of the murder of AIger-
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 a
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 broken knife-blade point
embedded in it. Deborah and Reuther go
to live with the judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
WHY CHILDREN SEEK GIFTS
AS instructive for Them to Ask as
1t Is, or Should Be, for the
Adult to Give.

In the Woman's Home Companion
Charles E. Jefferson, pastor of Broad
way tabernacle in New York city,
writes talk entitled The Joy of Re-
ceiving, in the course of which he
explains why little children enjoy re-
ceiving more than giving. He says In
part:
''In little children, the joy Of recetv-
ing outruns the joy of giving. Chill
dren are born beggars. They come
into the world empty-handed, and they
stretch their hand to those who are
nearest them, expecting to receive
it is instructive for child to ask. and
it is instructive for an adult to re-
spond. The child's mind is as empty
as its hands. Its mind reaches out
with questions-and what are ques-
tons but hands Of the mind do-plead-
ing for bits Of information. scraps Of
knowledge. donations of light It is
pleasuTa to give to 9 child, but Who
would dare say that Que 5 pleasure in
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
FIRST SESSION OF ASSEMBLY
Americas Premier Legislative Body
Met at jamestown, Va, in
July, 1919.

The first representative legislative
assembly ever held in America
convened at jamestown. Va. in
July, 1919, a year before the Pill
grim landed at Plymouth and dec
ade before the Massachusetts Bay
colony was begun. 1t consisted OF
the governor, Sir George Yeardley.
his council, two burgesses elected by
each of the II incorporated planta-
tions. The assembly sat IN the chan
eel of the little church, where hVe
years before Pocahontas had been
married to John Rolfe. John TW1ne'
the clerk of the assembly. says in his
report:
THE most convenient place we
coulde fnde to slit in was the Qulre
Of the Church. whore Sir George
yeardley, the Governour, being sett
down in his accustomed place, those
II the Counsel of Estate safe nexte
him - aoth handles. eAccpte onely
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

left as he had left it years before!
What might it not tell of a past con.
cerning which she longed to be reas,
sured?
The father had laid no restrictions
upon her, in giving her this floor for
her USE Rights which he ignored she
could afford to appropriate. Dressing
sufficiently for warmth, she lit a
candle, put out the light in her own
room and started down the hall to
this long-closed room.
A smother of dust-an odor of de.
cay-a lack of all order in the rooms
arrangements and furnishings-e
a general disarray, hallowed, if not
affected, by time-for all this she was
prepared. But not for the wild confu.
sion-the inconceivable litter and all
the other signs she saw about her of
a boys mad packing and reckless de.
parture.
There was an inner door, and this
some impulse drove her to open. A
small closet stood revealed, empty
but for one article. When she saw
this article she gave a great gasp:
then she uttered low pshaw! and
with a shrug of the shoulders drew
back and flung to the door. But she
opened it again. She had to. One
cannot live in hideous doubt, without
an effort to allay it. She must lool'
at that small, black article again
look at it with candle in hand; see
for herself that her fears were with.
out foundation; that shadow had
made the outline on the wall which
She returned to the closet and slow.
ly, reluctantly reopened the door Be
fore her on the wall hung a caP-and
it was no shadow which gave it that
look like her husband's; the broad
peak was there She had not been
mistaken; it was the duplicate of the
one she had picked up in the attic OF
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

is a good illustration of the axiom
that rich materials look best when
simply made up, for it is unusual and
impressive But the ! odel Is not suit
ed to commonplace materials,
Another development in an entirely
different material is equally effective,
This is demonstrated in a gown made
of twine-colored net, the overgarment
showing the net laid in side plaits a
half inch deep. But in this gown silk
cord partly defines the waist line,
which it encircles at the belt, falling
below it at the front and fastening in
a knot at one side like Greek girdle,
The underskirt is of plain net over a
foundation of satin in the same color.
Although there Is no flare In the
skirt or upper garment, they are both
roomy It is the lack Of definition Of
the figure that adapts the velvet model
to the stout figure. But in the dress
made of net the plating Of the ma
terial and the addition of the girdle
produce gown which is ideal for a
slender figure.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

A VERY distinctive and elegant
"a style, and one Of the easiest for
the home dressmaker to follow, is
shown in the dress pictured here. 1t
Is style especially well adapted to
plump figures. This dress of velvet,
trimmed with embroidered bands, is
innocent of a waist line, and because
of this and Its other peculiarities 1t is
altogether out of the ordinary.
Imagine the effectiveness of a
strong, rich shade of blue, a little
darker than sapphire, In an excellent
quality Of velvet, when contrasted
with bands of trimming closely cov-
cred with small steel beads. The COM
bination is very fine, and dark green
or black used instead Of blue will
prove quite as handsome.
There is straight underskirt of
silk, having the lower part of velvet.
The simply cut upper garment hangs
over this in lines of incorporating
plainness.
The belt and round neck are defined
by the embroidery of beads, the
sleeves are long and plain. This gown
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
NOT AN ECONOMICAL PEOPLE
Americans Do Not Seem to Attach
Very Great Importance to Saw
ing the Pennies.

OF all the nations the United States
seems to care least for saving pennies.
Not the government, but the individ-
ual. Measured by the number of saw
ings bank depositors in proportion
to the entire population, this country
is far behind those of Europe, Japan,
Australia and New Zealand.
One reason for this is that in the
southern and western states the num-
Der of savings banks is relatively few
because the small banks serve the
same purpose in those sections. There
are approximately 100000 savings
depositors in the United States and
almost three-fourths Of this number
are il the six New England states, and
n New York, New Jersey. Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware and Maryland
In making a comparison with other
countries in this matter the govern
-acat postal banks introduced few
ears ago should be included. They
ara included abroad and therefore
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

the Secretary, then appointed Speaker,
who safe right before him. John
Twine, clerke of the General Assem-
bly,, being placed nexte Speaker, and
Thomas Pierse, the Sergeant, stand
ing at the barre. to be ready for any
service the Assembly should require.
But forasmuch as mems affairs doe lit
tie prosper where Gods service is neg
lected, all the Burgesses took their
places in the Quire till prayer was
said by Mr.. Buckle, the minister, that
it would please God to guide and
sanctify all our proceedings to his
owne glory and the goode of this Plan
tation''
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
If black painted directly across the

of black painted directly acrOss the
eyes.
In recalling this startling moment
Deborah wondered as much at her own
aplomb as at that Of Judge Ostran-
der. Not only had she succeeded in
suppressing all recognition of what
had thus been discovered to her, but
had carried her powers of self-repres-
sion so far as to offer, and with good
grace, too, to assist him in rehanging
the picture. This perfection of act
ing had it's full reward. With equal
composure he excused her from the
task, and, adding some expression of
regret at his well-known carelessness
in not looking better after his effects,
bowed her from the room with only a
slight increase of his usual courteous
reserve.
But later, when thought came and
with it certain recollections, what sig.
nificance the incident acquired in her
mind, and what long line of terrors
it brought in it's train!
1t was no casual act, this defacing
of sons well-loved features. 1t had
a meaning-a dark and desperate
meaning 1t had played it's heavy part
In his long torment-a CALLING remind.
er of--what?
1t was to answer this question-to
face this new view of Oliver and the
bearing it had on the relations she
had hoped to establish between him
and Reuther, that she had waited for
the house to be silent and her child
asleep.
Unhappy mother, just as she saw
something like a prospect of releasing
her long-dead husband from the odium
of an unjust sentence, to be shaken
by this new doubt as to the story and
character of the man for whose union
with her beloved child she was so
anxiously struggling!
There was room on this upper
floor into which neither she nor Reu-
ther had even stepped. She had
once looked in, but that was all. To-
night-because she could not sleep;
because she must not think-she was
resolved to enter 1t. divers room!
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
Bows Game of Marbles.

A number of minstrels who were
touring the country on the so much
a week and cakes" plan arrived at a
small town and were put up at
a boarding house. Shortly thereafter
they all congregated in the largest
room and two sets of crap dice were
produced. The landlady heard the
rise and fall of voices and the sound
of the rolling bones and went upstairs
to investigate. She stood in the door
way for a minute, unncticed, and then
broke in with this bit of scorn: "A
fine lot of men you are to be playing
kids game of marbles!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
New Muffs Are Small.

AS if to show just what length
fashion would have us follow. the
latest muffs are infinitesimally small
Quite absurd do they appear after
the huge pillow affairs we have been
cheerfully hauling around with us for
the past few seasons. It may be that
the long, tight sleeves, fur banded as
they are on the modish suit, interfere
with the huge muff, so milady de-
mands that a smaller affair be de-
signed for her comfort.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

should be here if an accurate idea OF
the thriftiness Of the various nations
is to be given.
We are prodigals compared with Eu-
ropeans. and while there is perhaps
not the same pressing necessity here
to count the pennies, it is undoubted"
ly true that Americans are too strong
ly inclined to be spendthrifts, to let
the morrow take care of itself. From
the experience of hard times occa-
stoned by the war we may learn that
laying something aside for rainy day
is not only a virtue, but a practice
which makes old age and nonemploy.
ment less terrible to think of. The
trouble is Americans do not think of
it, but they should.-Brooklyn Stand
ard-Union.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

giving outstrips the child's pleasure in
receiving? Who is happier, do you
parent?
''It is not the child's nature to lie
awake wondering what 1t can give to
others. but when he falls to thinking
of what others are going to give him
it is difficult for him to go to sleep.
and then look at him giving one, and
note which act is more natural and
which brings the intenser delight.
Little children know how to receive
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
UsefuI Ernck-

useful little day frock is of old
parchment-colored woolen rep trim,
med with braid, very wide silk braid
to match, worked over again in places
with very narrow braid in black, and
the buttons are wooden, matching the
parchment hue, while there is au odd
little waistcoat, of which little seen,
in black and white checked velvet
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

control Of most interest
Ing piece of country. This is the spot
where God Is popularity supposed to
have created Adam, and moreover,
Basra is the city from which Sindbad
the Sailor set forth on the wonderful
voyages that are related in the Ara
bian Nights.
From a political point of view Basra
is important because the Germans in,
tended to end their Bagdad railroad
there. 1t is the center of the world s
date trade.
Basra is on the Shaft Ul-Arab, an es'
tuary formed of the combined waters
Of the Tigris. Euphrates and Karun
rivers. The Shaft empties into the
Persian gulf.
The British already controlled Fac,
a cable station on the gulf. From here
the expedition proceeded up the west
ern or Turkish bank of the Shaft.
Beautiful date palms line the water.
way.
Was Garden of Eden.
The bank on the eastern side forms
one edge of Adagan island, traditional
ly the site of the Garden of Eden, but
now boasting principally the refneries
of the Anglo-Persian Oil company. The
oil runs down $50 miles from the
Bakhtiari mountains of Persia, where
crude petroleum gushes from the
ground in abundance.
Another site on the way to Basra is
the home of the powerful sheikh of
Moha mmera The British steamers al
ways fire a salute when passing, be-
cause the sheikh once came to the
rescue of a British boat attacked by
pirates near his home.
Basra itself is on the southern side
Of the river 1t is entirely modern,
the old city of Basra from which Sind
bad the Sailor made his seven voyages
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
Car Pushed Him Into River.

Gustave Reinberg, a manufacturer.
will now buy new motor car, but It
will be a self-starter. He had one
which cost $4,000 and seemed to be q
reliable and docile car until the other
day. Mr.. Reinberg believes now that
it had long nursed secret grudge
against him. While he was cranking
it on a West Shore ferry boat, it start
ed up, pushed him into the river and
jumped in after him. They picked Mr..
Reinberg off an ice cake. but the car
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
Twist the Wire.

Pictures hung by q single wire have
an annoying way of getting uneven, on
account of the slipping of the wire on
the picture hook This can sometimes
be avoided by first hanging the picture
face to the wall and then turning it
around The single turn this makes in
the wire near the hook prevents slip
ping
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
Trust In Providence.

When We meet one of these big,
blazing motor headlights while riding
in the modest electric belonging to our
wife's relations, we just go ahead
trusting that Providence that watches
over children and drunkards will take
care of us, too.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
Draneries Soften A Room.

To soften and tone down room the
touch Of drapery is essential, especial
ly window drapery, which, if skillfully
arranged can add to the width and
height of any window. Fashionably
speaking. window draperies tend to
run clear to the floor. The delicate
translucent mesh OF madras, figured
and in stained glass effect, some OF the
open weave cotton draperies and the
open work machine embroideries are
more and more being used in house
raId decoration, Figured SUITS. such
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

of these pretty wells, and anyone can
afford to indulge in a fad that costs
so little. The prettiest touch is added
by tacking a rose or small nosegay
of bright flowers to the border at the
left side. This is the very latest trick
of adornment and is wonderfully pleas.
ing JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
The Box Bodice.

In many bodices the surplice line
is seen. The other notable exception
being a bodice with fiat panels. broad.
er at the waist than at the neck, all
of whicl give the strange wooden box
look Of the moyen-age dress.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
In Spirit Land.

Spook of Lear-Were you really In
sane, Hamlet?
Spook of Hamlet never could as
certain, Lear, old man, never faced
a jury nS alienists.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
Her Bow at the Front.

To provide her son with warm un.
derclothing, the fifty-year-old mother
of young Austrian soldier tramped in
the rain for three days from her home
in Hungary to field headquarters.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
Rust-Proof lronWork.

A simple method OF making iron
work proof against rust is to heat it
until it is almost red-hot and then
brush it over with linseed oil This
makes a varnish which, unlike or
Cinary paint or enamel does not chip
off
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

as cretonnes and prints from Hol-
land and Japan, range from the de-
murest effects to all the warmth and
color needed to brighten the dark
walls of the bungalow.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
AtchiSnn Antinuities-

While this isn't an old county
compared with European natinns. one
NAV see J number Of ruins standing
around the street corners chewing ting
cut.-Atchisnp Globe ~
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
CHAPTER TX.
Unweicome Truths.

silence. Yes, silence was the one
and only refuge remaining to Deborah.
Yet, after few days, the constant
self-restraint which it entailed ate
like a canker into her peace and un-
dermined strength which she had
always considered inexhaustible- Reu.
ther began to notice her pallor, and
the judge to look grave. She was
forced to complain of cold (and in
this she was truthful enough) to ac-
count for her alterations of feverish
impulse and deadly lassitude. The
trouble she had suppressed was ha7.
ing it's quiet revenge.
Wes there no medium course? Could
she not learn where Oliver had been
on the night of that old-time murder?
Miss Weeks was near neighbor and
saw everything. Miss Weeks never
forgot; to Miss Weeks she would go.
She had passed the first gate and
was on the point Of opening the Sec
ond one, when she saw on the walk
before her small slip of brown pa
per. Lifting it, she perceived upon it
an almost illegible scrawl which she
made out to read thus:
For Mrs Scoville:
Do not go wandering all over the town
for clues. Look closer to home.
And below:
You remember the old saying about
jumping from the frying pan into the fire,
Let your daughter be warned. 1t is bet
ter to be singed than consumed.
Because Deborah's mind was quick
it all flashed upon her, bowling her in
spirit to the ground. Reuther had
been singed by the knowledge of her
fathers fgnominy, she would be con-
sumed if inquiry were carried further
and this ignominy transferred to the
proper culprit. Oliver alone could be
meant. The doubts she had tried to
suppress from her own mind were
shared by others-others!
In five minutes she was crossing the
road, her face composed, her manner
genial, her tongue ready for any en-
counter. The truth must be hers at
all hazards If it could be found here.
then here would she seek it. Her long
struggle with fate had brought to the
fore every latent power she possessed.
Miss Weeks was ready with her
greeting. A dog from the big house
across the way would have been vel.
coined there. The eager little seam
stress had never forgotten her hour
in the library with the half-uncon-
scious Judge.
Mrs. Scoville!" she exclaimed, flut-
tering and leading the way into the
best room; "how very kind you are
to give me this chance for making my
apologies. You know we have met
before"
Have we? Mrs. Scoville did not
remember, but she smiled her best
smile. 81 am glad to have you ac-
knowledge an old acquaintance. 1t
makes rue feel less lonely in my new
life"
Mrs. Scoville, am only too hap
py." 1t was bravely said, for the little
woman was in a state of marked en-
barrassment. Could 1t be that the Wis
itor had not recognized her as the
person who had accosted her on that
memorable morning she first entered
Judge Ostranders forbidden gates?
Iro rnNTTNTTEDN
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26
Proof Of Il.

Dogs can't reason
Cant they? You just let my bull
pup get a good grip on subject, and
he'll hold his own
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-26

HEN the British forces cap
tured Basra, just below the
mouths of the Tigris and
the Euphrates, they secured